Geeta, the deaf-mute Indian woman living in Pakistan after accidentally crossing the border, will return to India on Monday. Briefing reporters in New Delhi today, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said five members of Edhi Foundation, who has been taking care of Geeta will accompany her to India. They will be treated as state guests. Geeta has identified her family from a photograph sent to her by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. She will be handed over to her parents only after DNA test. Mr. Swarup said if DNA does not match, she would be accommodated at either of two identified institutions in Delhi and Indore.<br/><br/>She was reportedly just 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone on the Samjhauta Express by the Pakistan Rangers 15 years ago at the Lahore Railway Station. Police took her to the Edhi Foundation in Lahore and later she was shifted to Karachi.

Geeta, the deaf-mute Indian woman living in Pakistan after accidentally crossing the border over a decade ago, will return to India on the 26th of this month. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said five members of Edhi Foundation, who has been taking care of Geeta will accompany her to India. They will be treated as state guests.<br/><br/>A conclusive proof of Geeta's parentage will only be established through DNA testing. If the DNA testing verifies the truth of the Indian couple claiming to be her parents, then she will be handed over to them.