A replica of the Nobel medal awarded to Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi has been stolen from his home on Tuesday (February 7) morning in the capital, Delhi.

“The lock of my house was broken and my certificate and a replica medal were taken along with a few other things. We are still assessing what is missing,” he said to BBC.

He said no-one was home at the time of the burglary.

Mr Satyarthi said the Delhi police were investigating the theft.

Mr Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his work to combat child labor and child trafficking in India.

The 63-year-old founded Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or the Save the Childhood Movement, which campaigns for child rights and an end to human trafficking.

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