Anand Mahindra gifts a brand new four-wheeler to this Kerala auto rickshaw driver – Know why

New Delhi: Sometimes a tweet can work wonders! It surely did for a Kerala based auto rickshaw driver.

On March 19, Mumbai's Anil Panicker tweeted a picture of an auto rikshaw that looked like Mahindra's iconic Scorpio SUV. The auto rikshaw driver had modified it to look like Scorpio.

@anandmahindra .image shows how the scorpio design turned generic and popular among Indian roads. This mans way of "dream big" pic.twitter.com/jMoJiB5gGs — Anil Panicker (@AnilPanicker3) March 19, 2017

Panicker had tagged Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra in the tweet. To this Mahindra promptly responded and expressed his wish to exchange the auto rikshaw for a four-wheeler.

Iconic. A way to 'Rise.' Thanks for sharing this.Can you help locate him? I'd like to buy it for our museum & give him 4 wheels in return.. https://t.co/uwQ5wYcDpW

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 19, 2017

True to his words, the Mahindra group successfully tracked down the rikshaw driver and exchanged his autorikshaw for a brand new four-wheeler. Mahindra tweeted:

Remember this request?Our team managed to locate him! And we acquired the 3 wheeler from him..Gave him a 4 wheeler in return (1/2) https://t.co/mJ7tDdRhTQ — anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) May 3, 2017

He also shared the picture of the autorikshaw driver in his tweet:

Here's Sunil, the proud owner of the 3 wheeler 'Scorpio', now a happy owner of a 4 wheeler. All thanks to you twitterati! (2/2) pic.twitter.com/5nb12j2dnj — anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) May 3, 2017