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7/17/2025, 11:13:28 PM
Police in India's southern Karnataka state said Wednesday they found a Russian woman and her two young daughters living in isolation in a remote forest cave.
The woman, identified as Nina Kutina, 40, and her daughters, aged 6 and 4, were found by police during a routine patrol to Ramatirtha Hill, a popular tourist site on the coast of Karnataka, on July 9. Police officer Sridhar S.R. said the family had been living in the cave for more than a week.
Police told the BBC that they had been patrolling the area to warn foreigners of potential hazards in the forest when they found the woman and two girls.
"The area is popular with tourists, especially foreigners. But it has a lot of snakes and it's prone to landslides, especially during the rainy season. To ensure the safety of tourists, we started patrolling the forests last year," M Narayana, superintendent of police for Uttara Kannada district, told the BBC.
When officers got closer to the cave, "a little blonde girl came running out," police told the BBC. When the officers followed her inside, they found Kutina and the other child.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-mom-girls-found-living-cave-forest-india/
Police said they were taking steps to repatriate Kutina to Russia for overstaying her visa. She and her children have been moved to a nearby detention facility for foreigners living illegally in India.
Police said in a statement that Kutina spent her time in the cave meditating by candlelight, and that she told investigating officers she was "interested in staying in the forest and worshiping God."
Sridhar said Kutina told police that she had worked as a tutor of Russian language in Goa, a coastal tourist state in southern India.
"It is nothing but her love for adventure that brought her here," said Sridhar.
The woman, identified as Nina Kutina, 40, and her daughters, aged 6 and 4, were found by police during a routine patrol to Ramatirtha Hill, a popular tourist site on the coast of Karnataka, on July 9. Police officer Sridhar S.R. said the family had been living in the cave for more than a week.
Police told the BBC that they had been patrolling the area to warn foreigners of potential hazards in the forest when they found the woman and two girls.
"The area is popular with tourists, especially foreigners. But it has a lot of snakes and it's prone to landslides, especially during the rainy season. To ensure the safety of tourists, we started patrolling the forests last year," M Narayana, superintendent of police for Uttara Kannada district, told the BBC.
When officers got closer to the cave, "a little blonde girl came running out," police told the BBC. When the officers followed her inside, they found Kutina and the other child.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-mom-girls-found-living-cave-forest-india/
Police said they were taking steps to repatriate Kutina to Russia for overstaying her visa. She and her children have been moved to a nearby detention facility for foreigners living illegally in India.
Police said in a statement that Kutina spent her time in the cave meditating by candlelight, and that she told investigating officers she was "interested in staying in the forest and worshiping God."
Sridhar said Kutina told police that she had worked as a tutor of Russian language in Goa, a coastal tourist state in southern India.
"It is nothing but her love for adventure that brought her here," said Sridhar.
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