Date:01/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/01/stories/2008030158180300.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Visakhapatnam

Freemasons’ gesture to student

Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM: There is nothing secretive about the Freemasons, said Grand Master Devinder Gupta, a former Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, at a media conference organised on the eve of installation of Varanasi Narasimham as the Regional Grand Master for South India.

Bro. K. Ratan Kumar donated a cheque for Rs.10,000 to an autorickshaw driver in Bangalore, who became a paralytic and was unable to support his family.

Bro. K. Ramabrahmam gave a cheque for Rs.20,000 (on behalf of Freemasons) to sponsor the education of a bright girl student, whose father died of cancer.

Regional Grand Master G.K. Selvarajan was also present. at the medica conference.