New Delhi, Dec. 20 (TNS): Geeta, the deaf and mute Indian girl who wandered into Pakistan over one and a half decade ago, still awaits her family in India.
India’s Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, who has been on a crusade to ensure Geeta’s union 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.
“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.
This is the second time in a couple of months that Swaraj has taken to social media to seek help for Geeta.
In October, she announced a reward for INR100,000 (approximately $1,500) for assistance in reuniting Geeta with her family.
Geeta, who is believed to be in her mid-twenties, had accidentally crossed the India-Pakistan border, one of the most militarised zones in the world, around 15 years ago.
Around 10 years old at that time, Geeta was sitting in the Samjhauta Express at the Lahore train station when she was found by Pakistan Rangers.
She was handed over to the Edhi Foundation in 2003, after several attempts to place her in shelter homes failed as she would keep running away.
At the Edhi Foundation in Karachi, its co-founder Bilquis Edhi took Geeta under her wing.
