A man from Assam's Karimganj district has a special present for chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma - a 'Lamborghini' (no, not a real one) on which he spent over ₹10 lakh. Nurul Hauqe, a 31-year-old mechanic spent four months modifying a Maruti Swift - a project on which he began working because he 'always wanted to drive a Lamborgini'.
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"Earlier I worked as a motor mechanic in Dimapur (in Nagaland) and started to modify cars. Last year too I modified a car into a sports vehicle that looks like a Lamborghini. After that, I went on to modify another car into a replica of a Lamborghini... which I will gift to Assam chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma. It took about four months to modify an old Swift."
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The Assam chief minister seemed to be very impressed with Haque's efforts.
{{/usCountry}}The Assam chief minister seemed to be very impressed with Haque's efforts.
{{/usCountry}}"Had the thrill of being at the wheel of a 'Lamborghini' assembled by Nurul Haque, a car enthusiast from Karimganj," he tweeted earlier this week.
Haque has stated he intends to convert another vehicle into a Ferrari.
"I will do more such projects if the government lends a hand," he said.
The 'Lamborghini' man from Assam isn't the only modding enthusiast around.
Earlier this year a man from Bihar's Khagaria re-designed a hatchback to look like a chopper. He spent Rs. 3.5 lakhs on the modifications, which included a rotor blade, tail boom, and other features. The vehicle had red and blue stripes on the sides and around the roof.
He said he planned to lend his car-turned-helicopter for weddings.
In February, a resident of Bihar's Bagaha, Bihar, spent over 2 lakh to convert his Nano into a helicopter.