Bravery award winner kidnapped in Odisha

Kendrapara: A bravery award winner minor girl of Odisha’s Kendrapara district has allegedly been kidnapped.

As per a complaint lodged by the girl’s mother with Jambu police, her daughter has been abducted by Pratap Khada of Salio village in Jagatsinghpur district. The woman alleged that the accused has been forcing the girl to marry him.

Police have registered a case in this connection and started an investigation.

The abductee girl had received Indian Council for Child Welfare’s National Bravery Award-2019 for saving several persons from drowning during a boat capsize incident in Mahanadi river confluence in Kendrapara district, last year.