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Indian 'mystery woman' Geeta says family not hers | |
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An Indian woman who was stranded in Pakistan for a decade has returned home, but says the family she had identified in photos is not hers. | |
India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said the woman, named Geeta, is "refusing to recognise her family". | India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said the woman, named Geeta, is "refusing to recognise her family". |
Geeta arrived in Delhi on Monday morning, days after she identified her family in photos sent from India. | Geeta arrived in Delhi on Monday morning, days after she identified her family in photos sent from India. |
The government will now carry out a DNA test to ascertain if the family, who met her in Delhi, is really hers. | The government will now carry out a DNA test to ascertain if the family, who met her in Delhi, is really hers. |
In the meantime, Geeta will be lodged at a shelter home in the central Indian city of Indore. | |
Apart from a family from the eastern state of Bihar that Geeta identified from photographs, and later met in Delhi, at least two other families claimed her as their own. | |
Ms Swaraj said that they would "counsel" Geeta to accept her family, if the DNA test proved that they were related. | |
If the tests are negative, she will be cared for at the shelter home until her family is traced, officials said. | |
"Whether or not her parents are found, Geeta is our daughter. I thank Pakistan from the core of my heart for looking after her for so long," Ms Swaraj said. | |
Geeta, who has speech and hearing impairments, was about 11 when she is believed to have strayed into Pakistan. | |
Her plight emerged following a Bollywood film Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which told the story of a Pakistani girl who cannot speak and is trapped in India. |