India, Sept. 27 -- The Karnataka High Court on Friday allowed the Union Government to issue travel documents for a Russian woman and her two minor daughters, facilitating their return to Russia after they were found living in a cave in coastal Karnataka.

Justice BM Shyam Prasad passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Israeli national Dror Shlomo Goldstein, who claims to be the father of the children. Goldstein had sought a court directive to prevent the immediate deportation of the minors, news agency PTI reported.

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The woman, Nina Kutina, was discovered on July 11 in a cave in the Ramatirtha Hills near Gokarna in Kumta taluk. Authoriti...