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Indian police find Russian woman and her 2 daughters living in an isolated forest cave

Indian police find Russian woman and her 2 daughters living in an isolated forest cave

Toronto Star16-07-2025
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India's southern Karnataka state said Wednesday they found a Russian woman and her two young daughters living in isolation in a remote forest cave.
The woman, identified as Nina Kutina, 40, and her daughters, aged six and four, were found by police during a routine patrol to Ramatirtha Hill, a popular tourist site on the coast of Karnataka, on July 9. Police officer Sridhar S.R. said the family had been living in the cave for more than a week.
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