He pledged his mother’s jewellery, three sovereigns of gold, to get money to play these games,’ Periyasamy, father of 20-year-old Vengatesh from Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, told MediaNama. But, unknown to us, he was lured into the world of online gambling by kids from the neighbouring villages. I told him we will take a loan and send him anyways, but he insisted on retaking the exam and scoring higher. But, we are daily wage labourers and didn’t have enough money to send him to college with that score. He gave the NEET exam and scored 400 marks.
Co-reported by Aarathi Ganesan and Sarvesh Mathi
