New York: An Indian-origin man has been accused of fraudulently stealing a $1 million successful lottery ticket in New York. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Workplace stated Mir Patel (23) was arrested on Monday for theft. The one who purchased the ticket has been knowledgeable about his win. The lottery ticket was allegedly stolen from a petroleum pump in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the place Patel labored.

Based on a newspaper, when the one who purchased the lottery ticket requested him to scan it to examine if he had received something, he allegedly stated that he had received a really small quantity. After which he gave the shopper a small quantity and threw it within the trash. Based on the report, when the particular person left the shop, Patel took the lottery ticket out of the dustbin. He scratched the hidden half to search out the successful quantity written on the ticket and took it to the lottery workplace, however the staff acquired suspicious.