Indian girl Geeta reunites with real mother, confirms Pak trust owner who gave her shelter
Karachi: A deaf and dumb Indian girl, who was rescued by a social welfare organisation in Pakistan after she mistakenly ended up in this country before being sent back to India in 2015, has finally been reunited with her real mother in Maharashtra, according to a Pakistani media report on Wednesday.
Bilquees Edhi the wife of late Abdul Sattar Edhi, who now runs the world famous Edhi Welfare Trust and who developed a close bond with Geeta said the Indian girl had finally been reunited with her real mother in Maharashtra state, Dawn newspaper reported.
She has been in touch with me and this weekend she finally told me the good news about meeting her real mother, Bilquees said.
Her real name is Radha Waghmare and she found her mother in Naigaon village in the state of Maharashtra, she also confirmed to PTI here.
Geeta captured the attention of the media and governments in both countries in 2015 but according to Bilquees they had found Geeta when she was around 11-12 years old at a railway station and gave her shelter at their centre in Karachi.
Somehow she strayed into Pakistan and was shelterless when we found her in Karachi, she said.
She stayed at the Edhi centre for years and I took care of her and we named her Fatima later when I realised she was a Hindu we named her Geeta and even though she couldn't speak or hear but we communicated properly through sign language, Bilquees said.
In 2015 after Geeta's story broke out, the late Indian external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj made arrangements for her to be flown back home.
Bilquees said that it had taken nearly four and half years for Geeta to find her real parents and this was confirmed through DNA tests. Geeta has also recognised her mother and she lives with her family in Naigaon village now.
Her biological father died a few years back so her mother, Meena remarried, she said.
Bilquees Edhi said she was just happy that Geeta who was like a daughter to her had finally reunited with her real family.
To be lost for such a long time from your family is difficult for anyone and especially for someone special like Geeta, she added.
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Man kills woman lecturer, sets car ablaze; dies by suicide in Karnataka
Bengaluru (PTI): A 46-year-old man allegedly killed a woman lecturer by setting fire to the car with her inside, before dying by suicide; his severed body was found by railway police the next day, police said on Tuesday.
The deceased, identified as Ramanjinappa, a resident of Doddaballapura, was a contract worker in the tahsildar’s office, they said.
Police said the man, who was married and had apparently separated from his wife, was in an illicit relationship with a woman identified as Saroja, whose charred body was found inside a gutted car in an isolated area near the Bashetty Industrial Area in Doddaballapura taluk on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
Saroja was also married and had a son, police said.
According to police, on Saturday, the man allegedly borrowed a car from an acquaintance, claiming he had a medical emergency and needed to visit a hospital.
Citing preliminary investigations, a senior police officer said the man picked up the lecturer from a bus stop in Devanahalli. The two spent a couple of hours driving around Nandi Hills and nearby areas.
Later, they reached a secluded spot in Doddaballapura, where it is suspected that an argument ensued inside the car, following which he allegedly hit her on the head with a hammer, the officer said.
He then set the car on fire, reportedly using petrol, and is believed to have died by suicide thereafter, police said.
Locals who saw the burning car alerted the police and fire department, who rushed to the spot, extinguished the fire, and found the woman’s body completely charred inside the vehicle, the officer added.
His severed body was found near railway tracks in Bidadi by the railway police on Sunday, he said.
The motive and whether the crime was premeditated or impulsive are under investigation, he said.
Saroja’s husband filed a complaint accusing Ramanjinappa of killing her, police said, adding that a detailed investigation is underway to establish the exact sequence of events.
