The foreign ministry has said a final DNA test will be done to conclusively establish her parentage. (Reuters photo)
Bhopal:
For last week, Geeta, the 23-year-old Indian woman who has been living in Pakistani after inadvertently crossing over to Pakistan, has been getting to know her Indian hosts in Indore over Internet chats.
After efforts by the Indian government, Geeta is finally returning to India on Monday and will be living with Gyanendra and his wife Monica's NGO in Indore till she is reunited with her family in Bihar.
The foreign ministry has said a final DNA test will be done to conclusively establish her parentage.
"Though I have identified my family, but still I am not 100 percent sure. I think I will recognise them when I meet them I also remember my house which is near a clinic," Geeta, deaf and mute, says in gestures over a video call.
To make the transition easier, Geeta will be travelling with members of the Edhi Foundation from Pakistan who have been looking after her in Karachi.
"Geeta has been trying to search for her family for quite some time through local media. She is a very good girl and is a good cook we will miss her," Jauhar Bi, who works at the Edhi Foundation, says.
Bilquis Edhi, who heads Edhi Foundation, says, "I will miss Geeta a lot. She is like a daughter to me. Geeta asks me not to worry and that she will keep coming to meet me. She does not know how difficult it is to visit Pakistan from India."
"Geeta is quite expressive, which means helping her will not be difficult. We have developed a picture dictionary for an individual and. We have helped 50 children. I am confident of helping Geeta," Gyanendra Purohit, a Madhya Pradesh police official says.
As farewell, the Edhi family have given Geeta gold jewellery and sarees. In Indore the Purohit family which plans to help Geeta have a special welcome gift in mind for her - a sign language-dubbed copy of Bajrangi Bhaijaan - the 2015 Salman Khan-starrer film to which Geeta's story has drawn many parallels to.
After efforts by the Indian government, Geeta is finally returning to India on Monday and will be living with Gyanendra and his wife Monica's NGO in Indore till she is reunited with her family in Bihar.
The foreign ministry has said a final DNA test will be done to conclusively establish her parentage.
"Though I have identified my family, but still I am not 100 percent sure. I think I will recognise them when I meet them I also remember my house which is near a clinic," Geeta, deaf and mute, says in gestures over a video call.
To make the transition easier, Geeta will be travelling with members of the Edhi Foundation from Pakistan who have been looking after her in Karachi.
"Geeta has been trying to search for her family for quite some time through local media. She is a very good girl and is a good cook we will miss her," Jauhar Bi, who works at the Edhi Foundation, says.
Bilquis Edhi, who heads Edhi Foundation, says, "I will miss Geeta a lot. She is like a daughter to me. Geeta asks me not to worry and that she will keep coming to meet me. She does not know how difficult it is to visit Pakistan from India."
As farewell, the Edhi family have given Geeta gold jewellery and sarees. In Indore the Purohit family which plans to help Geeta have a special welcome gift in mind for her - a sign language-dubbed copy of Bajrangi Bhaijaan - the 2015 Salman Khan-starrer film to which Geeta's story has drawn many parallels to.
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