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Child bravery award winner Mohit Dalvi in tough fight to save brother
Updated On: 04 February, 2019 11:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Rupsa Chakraborty and Bipin Kokate
As a 14-year-old, Mohit Dalvi had saved his 10-year-old neighbour from drowning in the Banganga Tank; he now needs funds to pay for a bone marrow transplant for his sibling

Rupesh Dalvi is Mohit's elder brother
Three years after winning a bravery award for saving a girl from drowning, 18-year-old Mohit Dalvi is running from pillar-to-post to save another life. This time, that of his brother Rupesh, who needs a bone marrow transplant.
Mohit won the hearts of Mumbaikars when he jumped into the Banganga Tank to save his 10-year-old neighbour, Krishna Pashtye, in April 2015. Her leg had got stuck in a ditch 25 feet deep in the water and he saved her after a lot of effort. In 2016 he received the National Children's Bravery Award for this. mid-day had reported on both these stories.
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