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Russian Mother and Daughters Held in India as Father Seeks Joint Custody to Block Deportation

They face removal after FRRO Bengaluru initiated deportation proceedings with the children’s father filing a joint custody petition in Indian courts

Dror Goldstein speaks to reporters, days after Russian Woman Nina Kutina and her kids were rescued from a forest cave near Gokarna.
Nina Kutina said there was no danger to her or her children's lives when they lived inside the cave.
Days after Russian national Nina Kutina and her two daughters were found living in a cave in Gokarna, the father of the two children surfaced and spoke out about his battle for joint custody.
Dror, the husband of Russian woman who was rescued from Gokarna cave.

Overview

  • Indian police discovered Nina Kutina and her two young daughters living without electricity or modern amenities in a remote cave in Gokarna’s Ramatirtha hills during a July 9 patrol.
  • Authorities placed the family in a detention facility for undocumented foreigners on July 12 under visa overstay rules tied to Kutina’s expired 2017 business visa.
  • Dror Goldstein, an Israeli businessman and the girls’ father, filed for joint custody on July 14 to prevent their repatriation and maintain his parental access.
  • Goldstein traveled to the Tumakuru detention centre this week but was denied access without formal written permission from the Foreigners Regional Registration Office.
  • The dispute highlights tension between unconventional off-grid parenting, child welfare protections in hazard-prone areas, and complex cross-border family law procedures.