Five years after return from Pakistan, Geeta searches for family in Maharashtra
Geeta was 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone in the Samjhauta Express at Lahore station by Pakistan Rangers around 20 years ago.
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NANDED: Geeta, the Indore-based hearing and speech impaired woman who returned to India from Pakistan in 2015 after staying there for several years, has come to Nanded in Maharashtra with the hope of finding her parents.
Geeta was 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone in the Samjhauta Express at Lahore station by Pakistan Rangers around 20 years ago.
5 Years After Return from Pakistan, Geeta Searches for Family in Maharashtra
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Geeta, the Indore-based hearing and speech impaired woman who returned to India from Pakistan in 2015 after staying there for several years, has come to Nanded in Maharashtra with the hope of finding her parents. Geeta was 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone in the Samjhauta Express at Lahore station by Pakistan Rangers around 20 years ago. She was adopted there by a person from Edhi Foundation. She was brought back to India on October 26, 2015 following efforts made by then external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who called her Hindustan ki beti (India s daughter). Swaraj had also met her and assured that the government was making every effort to trace her parents. Geeta, believed to be around 30 years old now, is currently living at the Anand Service Society , an NGO working for disabled persons, in Madhya Pradesh s Indore city.
5 years after return from Pakistan, Geeta’s hunt for home, parents continues
Geeta, a hearing and speech impaired 28-year-old woman, who was repatriated by Pakistan five years ago, has one goal in her mind – to find her home and long lost parents. Updated: December 16, 2020 11:12:40 am
Geeta was repatriated by Pakistan five years ago.
On Tuesday, as she visited the Godavari river at Basar in Telangana, she looked along the banks to spot a temple she remembers from childhood. She also walked into the town looking for one tiny hospital next to the railway tracks. She found none.
A day before, she had looked for the same things at Jalna in Maharashtra. Before Jalna, it was Lasur in Aurangabad and Dhule.
Geeta was brought back from Pakistan in 2015. File photo
Geeta was seven or eight years’ old when she was found sitting alone in the Samjhauta Express at Lahore station by Pakistan Rangers around 20 years ago. Geeta, the Indore-based hearing-and-speech impaired woman who returned to India from Pakistan in 2015 after staying there for several years, has come to Nanded in Maharashtra with the hope of finding her parents. Geeta was seven or eight years’ old when she was found sitting alone in the Samjhauta Express at Lahore station by Pakistan Rangers around 20 years ago. She was adopted there by a person from Edhi Foundation.
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Geeta was 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone in the Samjhauta Express at Lahore station by Pakistan Rangers around 20 years ago.
Geeta, the Indore-based hearing and speech impaired woman who returned to India from Pakistan in 2015 after staying there for several years, has come to Nanded in Maharashtra with the hope of finding her parents.
Geeta was 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone in the Samjhauta Express at Lahore station by Pakistan Rangers around 20 years ago.
She was adopted there by a person from the Edhi Foundation.
She was brought back to India on October 26, 2015, following efforts made by then external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who called her Hindustan ki beti (India s daughter).