(Image source from: The Daily Star)

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is known for his tenderness, said he helped pay off outstanding loans of over two thousand farmers from Bihar.

The 76-year-old actor on Wednesday took to his personal blog to share the news.Bachchan said he called on some of the farmers to his home and donated the amount. “A promise made done. The farmers from Bihar who had outstanding loanspicked 2,100 of themand paid off their amount with an OTS with the bank. Called some of them over to Janak and personally gave it to them at the hands of Shweta and Abhishek,” he wrote on his blog.

The veteran star also said he was on his way to honor another promise he made to the families of the martyrs’ of the Pulwama terror attack. “Now going to Janak to complete another promise... to give some monetary assist to the martyrs families, who sacrificed their lives at Pulwama.”

Earlier too Bachchan had supported 1,398 farmers from Uttar Pradesh and 350 from Maharashtra by paying off their loans.

By Sowmya Sangam