Karnataka HC Permits Centre To Allow Woman, 2 Kids Found In Gokarna Cave To Return To Russia

The Karnataka High Court has allowed the Centre to provide the necessary travel documents for an overstaying Russian woman and her two daughters, who were discovered residing in a cave in Gokarna, Karnataka, to facilitate their return to Russia. The woman and her children were reportedly found living in the cave by passersby in July.

Justice BM Shyam Prasad issued the order after it was informed that Russian authorities had issued emergency travel documents for the woman and her children, including five-year-old Ama, who was born in India, reported The Hindustan Times.

The court also disposed of a petition filed by Dror Shlomo Goldstein, an Israeli resident claiming to be the woman’s former husband. In the petition, Goldstein requested that the Centre not deport his minor children immediately. His counsel argued that Goldstein was responsible for the care of the children and cited the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.