Indore: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said that two more families have claimed Geeta, a hearing and speech impaired girl who returned from Pakistan last month, to be their daughter but she has refused to identify one of them on the basis of their photographs.
Ms Swaraj also said that efforts will be intensified to trace Geeta's real parents, which will include exhibiting her photographs in her childhood hair style.
Ms Swaraj met Geeta who has been staying with an organisation working for the cause of deaf and mute children here since her return from Pakistan.
The minister said Geeta refused to recognise the photograph of a Muslim family, but sought more time to go through another photograph.
Among the four families was Bihar's Janardhan Mehto whose DNA didn't match with Geeta.
Ms Swaraj also sought to fend off criticism of government by some quarters over keeping Geeta in the city-based organisation for the children with hearing and speech impairments.
"In Pakistan, she was staying in a place which was not meant for people like her, but here in Indore she is among those who are like her and she will gradually gain confidence that even without being able to hear and speak, she can become self-dependent and can lead a good life," Ms Swaraj said.
Ms Swaraj also said that efforts will be intensified to trace Geeta's real parents, which will include exhibiting her photographs in her childhood hair style.
Ms Swaraj met Geeta who has been staying with an organisation working for the cause of deaf and mute children here since her return from Pakistan.
The minister said Geeta refused to recognise the photograph of a Muslim family, but sought more time to go through another photograph.
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Among the four families was Bihar's Janardhan Mehto whose DNA didn't match with Geeta.
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Ms Swaraj also sought to fend off criticism of government by some quarters over keeping Geeta in the city-based organisation for the children with hearing and speech impairments.
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"In Pakistan, she was staying in a place which was not meant for people like her, but here in Indore she is among those who are like her and she will gradually gain confidence that even without being able to hear and speak, she can become self-dependent and can lead a good life," Ms Swaraj said.
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