Overview

• Kutina and her daughters are held in a Karnataka detention facility as FRRO officers process their deportation, a procedure expected to take about one month.
• Dror Goldstein arrived in India and has filed for shared custody in Bengaluru courts, seeking regular access to his daughters and to suspend their repatriation.
• Legal counsel argues the six-year-old, born in Ukraine, and the four-year-old, born in India, may meet Indian domicile requirements and qualify for citizenship to block removal.
• Gokarna police have described the cave as landslide-prone and snake-infested, citing these dangers in their decision to relocate the family to a women’s shelter.
• Kutina maintains she provided a safe environment in the cave, while authorities emphasize strict visa enforcement and child welfare obligations under Indian law.