India, July 16 -- Days after a Russian woman was found living inside a cave with her two daughters in Karnataka's Gokarna district, the children's father has come forward, saying he wishes to be close to them.

Dror Goldstein, an Israeli national, has expressed his desire to share custody of the kids with Nina Kutina, the Russian woman who was found living in a cave with her daughters a few days ago.

"My wish is to be close to my two daughters. I demand shared custody. I want to be able to meet them, to be close to them and to be a father. That's all," Goldstein told news agency PTI.

It was earlier reported that the Russian woman told authorities that the father of her children is an Israeli businessman, and that she gave birth to one o...