KBC 6 gets its first crorepati, Manoj Raina

A crore of rupees was a distant dream for Manoj Kumar Raina, who was uprooted from the Kashmir Valley when militancy broke out in 1989. But the dream has turned into reality with his participation in game show Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 (KBC 6).

A crore of rupees was a distant dream for Manoj Kumar Raina, who was uprooted from the Kashmir Valley when militancy broke out in 1989. But the dream has turned into reality with his participation in game show Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 (KBC 6), and now the Indian Railways employee wants to rebuild his house in his scenic hometown of Chowgam.

"I feel I am in seventh heaven," Raina gushed with excitement during a telephonic conversation with IANS.

He has his reasons - he is the first contestant from Kashmir to be in the hot seat, he has won a Rs1 crore, met his favourite actor, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, and is now capable of re-building his house in the Kashmir Valley, which he left over two decades back due to the turmoil there.

"My house in the Kashmir Valley was destroyed during the militancy. We were forced to leave the place, and since 1990, I've been living in Jammu. Ever since then, I have wanted to make a house in Kashmir, and that's what I want to do with the money I have won," said the Kashmiri pandit, who also wants to also help others of his tribe, in whatever little way he can.

KBC 6 winner Manoj Raina