It has been more than a one-and-half decade, Indian girl Geeta, rescued from Pakistan, still long for a reunion with her family, and India’s Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj is helping her.
Sushma Swaraj, leaving no stone unturned in ensuring the girl’s reunion with her family, on Wednesday posted Geeta’s diary notes on Twitter and asked people for help in identifying the dialect to find out the area where she is from.
Please see these pages and tell us the area where this dialect is spoken and what do these pages convey. This will help us locate her home and unite her with her family. https://t.co/YvOM7sQ3l2
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) December 20, 2017
“Geeta was rescued from Pakistan. She cannot speak or hear. We have obtained some pages from Pakistan written by her in a local dialect and in Devanagari script,” the minister tweeted.
In October, Minister Swaraj had announced an award of $1500 for the assistance in finding Geeta’s parents.
My earnest appeal :
Please Retweet.https://t.co/UgnGEI1uAi …— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) December 20, 2017
Geeta, a deaf and mute girl, had wandered into Pakistan around 15 years ago at the age of 10. After several attempts to place her in shelter homes failed, as she would keep running away, the girl was given into the care of Bilquis Edhi of the Edhi Foundation.
In 2015, Geeta, under Edhi Foundation’s care, was handed over to India when an India couple claimed her to be their daughter, but the girl refused to recognise the couple and their DNA test did not match either.
As for now, Geeta continues to live in a government-run shelter in India, waiting for her family.
