84-yr-old Gujarat retired bank clerk donates life savings to Armed Forces

Bhavnagar (Gujarat), May 8

An 84-year-old retired bank employee has donated his entire life savings amounting to Rs 1 crore to the National Defence Fund.

Hailing from Gujarat’s Bhavnagar, Janardan Bhatt and his wife donated Rs 1 crore to National Defence Fund from their savings.

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When Janardan, a retired State Bank of India (SBI) clerk, saw reports of martyred Army jawans at borders and facing Herculean challenges under Pakistan-promoted terrorism, he decided to take the major step by doing his bit for the Army.

He had saved a good amount of money from his earnings as well as invested in various funds from time to time, which gave him good returns when he retired.

The elderly man has a record of being a good Samaritan, as all his life he tried to help others. Even as a union leader he addressed many problems of his co-workers.

This is not for the first time he has donated such a large sum of money, as earlier, Bhatt and his colleague had shelled out 54 lakh in order to help someone. ANI