Russian woman and two kids who were squatting in Gokarna caves to return home

Nina Kutina was found in the Gokarna caves on July 11. PIC/X@NDCCOMPUTERS

The Karnataka High Court on Friday permitted the Union Government to issue travel documents to facilitate the return of a Russian woman and her two minor daughters who had been discovered living in a cave in coastal Karnataka.

Justice BM Shyam Prasad passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Israeli national Dror Shlomo Goldstein, who claims to be the father of the children. Goldstein had approached the court seeking a direction to the Centre not to immediately deport the minor children.

The woman, identified as Nina Kutina, was found on July 11 in a cave in the Ramatirtha Hills near Gokarna in Kumta taluk. Authorities reported that she and the children had been living there for nearly two months without valid travel or residence documents. She'd embraced Hindu philosophy and Indian spiritual traditions.

During Friday's hearing, the court recorded that the Russian consulate had issued emergency travel papers for Kutina and her daughters, valid only until October 9. It also took note of Kutina's own communication to the consulate, in which she expressed her wish to return to Russia at the earliest.

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