Stranded at the age of eleven, a hearing and speech challenged Indian girl Geeta spent over a decade in Pakistan before she finally returned to India at the age of 23 in the hope to reunite with her family. Almost eight months later she still hasn’t been able to meet them.
Geeta lives in an institute for the hearing and speechimpairedin India.
Several couples have since then approached theinstitute, claiming to be the lost girl’s parents but she did not recognizeanyone nor were those people able tosubstantiatetheir claims, Indian media reported.
While speaking to the director of the institute Monika Punjabi, Geeta expressed her desire to travel by train to search her parents.
A press release from the Madhya Pradesh government states that Geeta claims to know the place where she wasseparatedfrom herparents years ago and she might be taken to different places where there is a possibility of finding them.
Geeta was around 11 years old when Pakistanisoldiersfound her sitting at the Samjhauta Express station inLahore. Shewas then adopted by Pakistaniphilanthropist Bilquis Edhi and spent over a decade at the Edhi foundation.
A temple was built for Geeta where she prayed. Bilquis Edhi wanted her to marry a Hindu boy and settle down in Pakistan but Geeta insisted on marrying only after she had returned to her country.
Geeta’s story came to light after Salman Khan starrer blockbusterfilm Bajrangi Bhaijan released. The film’s story revolved around a mute Pakistani girl who crossed theborderand wasreturnedto her parents by an Indian man.