Swaraj writes to Nitish for helping find Geeta's parents

January 28, 2016 20:14

In her quest for the parents of Geeta, the hearing and speech impediment girl who was brought back to India from Pakistan last year, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seeking his help.

Vikas Swarup, spokesperson, MEA, said details like Geeta's photographs over the years, identification marks, have been provided to the Bihar CM and he has been requested to forward it to the officials at the district level.

"Our efforts are on to ascertain her parents. Few days back External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar providing him her details.

"The letter has Geeta's photos, how she looked before. We have sent details about her identification marks. We have also given details about her possible areas of origin as indicated by her," Swarup said.

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