Israeli man claims to be father of kids found in Gokarna cave

Days after a 40-year-old Russian woman and her two daughters, aged six and four, were found living inside a cave in the forests of Gokarna, an Israeli national, claiming to be the girls’ father and the woman's former partner, on Wednesday said that he would seek shared custody of their daughters and that he would take necessary steps to prevent their deportation.

- HT Correspondent

Dror Goldstein, an Israeli national, said he and his former partner Nina Kutina were living separately, with their daughters residing with the latter in Goa. However, Kutina left Goa with their daughters — Prema (6) and Ama (4) — without informing him few months ago. The three were found living in isolation in a cave in Ramatirtha Hills in Gokarna on July 11 during a routine police patrol.

“I didn’t know where they were,” Goldstein said in a televised interview on Wednesday, adding that he had filed a missing persons complaint after failing to contact them.