12-year-old national bravery award recipient abducted in Maharashtra

Nilesh Bhil had saved a boy from drowning in a water tank in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon.

A 12-year-old boy from Maharashtra, who received the National Bravery Award in January 2016 for saving a village boy from drowning in a water tank and was honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was kidnapped along with his sibling from their home in Jalgaon, police said on Saturday.

The 12-year-old was among the recipients of the National Bravery Awards 2016. (HT File)

As per the police complaint registered on Friday night by their mother Sundarbai R Bhil, her two minor sons, Nilesh and seven-year old Ganpat, went missing and were kidnapped by some unknown persons, said the on-duty officer of Muktainagar police station.

Nilesh Bhil received the bravery award in January 2016 for saving a village boy the previous year.

Top police officers are monitoring the investigation involving the national hero and his younger brother. The motive behind the suspected kidnapping was not yet clear.