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Bravery awards for children

Special Correspondent

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala State Child Welfare Council has announced the State-level bravery awards for five children.

Angel Varghese, 7, from Thrissur bagged the award for rescuing a drowning child from a septic tank near her house.

Angel is a student of Class II at Vidyajyothi English Medium High School.

Another award winner, Joel Salim Jacob, 10, a student of Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Ernakulam, had braved his injuries to save the lives of three persons caught in a car which plunged into a ravine at Parumala during a picnic.

While P.P. Arshad, 13, from Kozhikode, was selected for saving his friend who had come into contact with a live electric wire, M. Bijesh, 14, from Kannur, displayed exceptional courage to rescue three children from drowning in a river.

T. Nitin, 16, of Kasaragod, was recognised for risking his own life to save two youth who were drowning in a pond.

The award winners were selected by Police Training College Principal K. Rajan Babu.

A press release quoting the child welfare council administrator B. Rajagopal said the entries for the State awards had been submitted for the national-level competition.

Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan will give away the awards at a function to be held here on November 21.

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