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A Beggar opens a bank A/C, deposits 44 years of coins!

If a beggar comes to bank to open an account with a lump sum of money enough to apply for a credit card, how will you react to it? Surprised or shocked but it is true. An Indian beggar from Kolkata has opened a bank account using four large buckets full of coins that she has collected over 44 years. This 60 year old lady, Laxmi Das is collecting the coins received through begging for more than 4 decades in her small hut in a shanty town which amounts to nearly $800. Calcutta police...