When Raju Srivastava’s Daughter Antara Saved Her Mother’s Life & Was Honoured With A National Bravery Award

Ace-comedian
Raju
Srivastava
(Raju
Srivastav)
died
at
the
age
of
58
on
Wednesday
(September
21).
The
actor-comedian
is
survived
by
his
wife
Shikha
Srivastava,
son
Aayushmaan
Srivastava,
who
is
a
Sitar
player,
and
daughter
Antara
Srivastava,
who
is
reportedly
a
film
producer
and
director.
Let
us
also
tell
you
that
their
daughter
Antara
saved
her
mother’s
life
and
was
honoured
with
a
National
Bravery
Award
in
2006.

Yes,
you
read
it
right!
At
the
age
of
12,
Antara
reportedly
saved
not
only
her
mother’s
life
by
protecting
her
from
thieves,
but
also
stopped
the
robbers
from
entering
the
house.
As
per
reports,
Antara,
who
was
with
her
mother
when
armed
thieves
broke
into
their
house,
managed
to
sneak
into
the
bedroom,
call
her
father
and
the
police
to
report
the
incident.

As
per
Zee
News,
Antara
had
reportedly
asked
the
watchman
from
the
bedroom
window
to
bring
the
police
immediately.
The
police
reached
the
spot
and
caught
the
thieves,
whereby
she
helped
save
both
her
mother
and
their
house
from
the
robbers.

In
2006,
Antara
was
honoured
with
the
National
Bravery
Award
at
Rashtrapati
Bhavan,
Delhi.
In
2019,
she
had
shared
photos
of
herself
receiving
the
bravery
award
from
then-Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh.

She
captioned
the
picture
as,
“The
prestigious
moment
of
receiving
the
#NationalBraveryAward
from
then
Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh.
Also
met
then
Vice-president
Bhairon
Singh
Shekhawat
and
Then
Defence
Minister
A.K.
Antony.
In
pictures:
Sharing
my
robbery
incident
with
them.
#Proud
#Moment
#Throwback
#Economist
#PrimeMinister.”

EXCLUSIVE!
Arshi
Khan,
Shubhangi
Atre
&
Kajal
Pisal
Mourn
Demise
Of
Raju
Srivastava

EXCLUSIVE!
Raju
Srivastava
Demise:
Devoleena
&
Kunal
Jaisingh
Say
He
Will
Always
Stay
Alive
Through
His
Work

Meanwhile,
Raju’s
funeral
was
held
today
(September
22)
at
Nigambodh
Ghat,
Delhi.
Raju’s
son
Ayushmaan
performed
the
last
rites
as
per
Hindu
rituals
around
11
am.
Recently,
Antara
took
to
her
Instagram
account
and
thanked
her
father’s
dearest
friends
and
family
members
who
offered
condolences
on
social
media.