The mystery surrounds the Russian mom and the children found in the Indian cave

Police in India are trying to gather the story of a Russian who was found to live in a cave in the southern Karnakaka with his two young daughters.

Nina Kutina was rescued on July 9 by police officers who were on Rutinen Patrol near Ramterta Hills in the Gokarna Forest, which borders on Goa’s tourist paradise.

Authorities claim that the 40 -year -old and her daughters – six and five – have no valid documents to remain in India. They are accommodated in a foreigners’ detention center near Bengaluru, the capital of the state, and will be deported soon.

Kutina defended her lifestyle in two video interviews with the Indian News Agency Annie, saying that she and her children are happy to live in the cave and that “nature gives good health.”

But even a week after they were discovered, there is very little clarity on how the woman and her children came to a forest infected with snakes and wild animals; How long they lived there and who they really are.

“The area is popular with tourists, especially foreigners. But there are many snakes and is prone to landslides, especially during the rains season. To guarantee the safety of tourists, we began to patrol the forests last year,” said Mora Narayana, police for the Otara Canada region, before the BBC.

A second policeman, who could not be baptized and was part of the patrol party that came across the cave’s home, said they had walked down a steep hill to investigate when they saw bright clothes that were hung outdoors to dry.

As they approached the cave – the entrance to which it was drawn with brightly colored sari – “A little blond girl was running out.” When the shocked police followed her inside, they found Nina Kutina and the other child.

Their possessions were scarce – plastic mats, clothes, packages with instant noodles and some other groceries – and the cave was flowing.

Videos shot by police in the cave housing that the BBC has seen show children dressed in colored Indian clothes, smiling in the camera.

“The woman and her children looked quite comfortable at the place,” said G -Ni Narayana. “It took us some time to convince her that it was dangerous to live there,” he added.

Police said that when they told her that the cave was dangerous because of the presence of snakes and wild animals in the forest, she said to them, “Animals and snakes are our friends. People are dangerous.”

Kutina and her daughters were taken to a hospital for inspection after their rescue and were certified to be medically fit.

An employee of the Regional Registration Service of Foreigners in India (FRR) told the BBC that he was Russian and would be repatriated after the formalities are over.

He says they have contacted the Russian Consulate in Chennai – the BBC has also written to the Russian Embassy in Delhi, but they are yet to be responsible.

In video interviews with Ani and PTI news agencies, Kutina said she was born in Russia but did not live there for 15 years and traveled to Many countries, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Bali, Thailand, Nepal, Ukraine.

In his interviews with both agencies, Kutina said he had four children between the ages of 20 and 5. She talks about the oldest – “My Big Son” – who died in a road accident in Goa last year.

Officials claim that her second son is 11 years old and is in Russia-and that they have shared the information with the consulate.

On Tuesday evening, the Frro said they had traced the father of the girls – the Goldstein dror – and that he was an Israeli businessman. They said he was in India and that they had met him and were trying to persuade him to pay for the box and repatriation of her daughters.

On Wednesday, Goldstein said The Indian NDTV channel That Kutina had left Goa without informing him and that he had filed a missing complaint with the police there.

He said he wanted joint custody of his daughters and would do anything to prevent the government from sending them to Russia.

It is unclear how and when Kutina and her daughters reached the forest in Karnataka.

Police said she had told them they had been living in the cave for a week. They added that she bought some vegetables and groceries, including a popular brand of immediate noodles, from a local shop, a week ago.

They told she had told them that she had arrived in Karnataka from Goa, where she also claims that she lived in a cave. She also said that one of her daughters was born in the Goa cave.

In her PTI interview on Wednesday, she complained about the detention center, where she was housed with her daughters, saying “It’s like a prison.”

“We lived in a very good place. But now we can’t be alone. We can’t go out. That’s it very dirty and there’s not enough food,” she added.

It is unclear when and how Kutina came to India.

Police say she told them that she had lost her passport, but they were able to find a more expired passport among her belongings, which shows that she came to India for a business visa, which is valid from October 18, 2016 to April 17, 2017.

But she was too much, she was caught a year later, and the FRRO Goa’s office issued her “Exit Permit” to leave India. According to immigration stamps, she entered Nepal on April 19, 2018 and was released three months later.

It is not clear where she went after, but Kutina told Annie that she had generally “traveled to at least 20 countries” – at least “four of them after the departure of India in 2018”.

It is also unclear when I returned to India afterwards, although some reports say she has returned from February 2020. She told PTI that she was back because “we really love India.”

Kutina admitted that her visa had elapsed a few months ago. “We do not have our visa, a valid visa, our visa ended,” she said, adding that the pass had happened because she was sorrowing for her dead son and couldn’t think about anything else.

After the idol of Pandurang Vital, a form of Hindu god Krishna, was found in her cave housing, it was reported that she went there to do meditation and for spiritual reasons.

But in her interview with Annie, she rejected the story. “It’s not a spiritual. We just like nature because it gives us health … It’s a lot of health, it’s not like living in a home.”

She added that she had a “great attempt to stay in naturally in the jungle” and insisted that her daughters were happy and healthy there. The cave she had chosen was “very big and beautiful” and was “very close to the village” so she could buy food and other needs.

“We did not die and I did not bring my children, my daughters, to die in the jungle. They were very happy, swimming in the waterfall, had a very good place to sleep, many lessons in making art, we were doing clay, we were painting, I ate very good and delicious food,” she said.

Kutina also rejected suggestions that life in the forest puts her children at risk.

“All the while we lived there, yes, we saw several snakes,” she said, but added that it was similar to people who report to find snakes in their homes, kitchens or toilets.