India, July 16 -- Nina Kutina, the 40-year-old Russian woman who was rescued from a remote cave near Gokarna in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district, on Tuesday said that she overstayed her business visa in India because of several complicated reasons.

Kutina and her daughters - Preya, 6, and Ama, 4 - were found on July 11 living in a secluded cave nestled among dense forests and rugged terrain for at least two weeks.

She and her daughters made their way from Goa to the spiritual coastal town of Gokarna, known for its deep religious and meditative roots.

According to the police, she came to India from Russia on a business visa that expired in 2017. The next year, she got an exit permit and went to Nepal. However, she returned to India s...