She followed East Bengal wherever the team played, selling hard candy and earned the sobriquet 'Lozenges Didi'.
Amid the nationwide lockdown her earnings have ceased and the fans have come to the aid of Jamuna Das.
The lockdown meant that the childless widow, a ubiquitous face during East Bengal matches selling candy since 1993, had no source of income.
"I was beginning to worry with little ration and money left and started feeling lonely. But after a few days, all the fan groups started calling me and sending donations and food items," the 56-year-old Das told PTI from her house in Agarpara.
"Today, a fan group came with a big van, full of gorceries and donated some money also. Many of whom I'm hearing for the first time but they are taking full care of me."
"They (fans) are my extended family, and I never feel alone even after my husband's death (who died after a sudden cardiac arrest in June last year)."
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