Nina Kutina: Russian woman found living in Karnataka cave with children returns home

The woman and her daughters had been sent to a foreigners' detention centre after they were found in July.

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Nina Kutina, 40, and her daughters - aged six and five - were rescued on 9 July by policemen on a routine patrol in a forest in the southern state of Karnataka.

The woman, who did not have valid documents to stay in India, had been sent to a foreigners' detention centre along with her daughters.

Last week, the Karnataka high court asked the federal government to issue documents to Ms Kutina and her daughters to return home.

They left for Russia on 28 September, an official at the Foreigners' Regional Registration Office (FRRO), who wanted to stay anonymous, told BBC Hindi. Ms Kutina's minor son from another relationship, who was later found living in Goa state, also went with them.