Overview

• Police discovered Nina Kutina, 40, and her daughters aged 4 and 6 in a cave near Ramateertha on July 11 when a patrol investigating landslide risks spotted drying clothes at the entrance.
• Kutina’s business visa expired in 2017 and she lived undocumented in the forested hills near Gokarna for seven years.
• The trio survived on instant noodles and plastic-sheet bedding while Kutina turned the cave into a shrine, conducting daily pujas to the Hindu god Rudra.
• After their rescue, local authorities arranged temporary shelter at a nearby ashram where police continue to monitor their well-being.
• Immigration officials have formally launched deportation proceedings against Kutina under India’s strict visa-overstay regulations.