Bengaluru, Sept. 27 -- The Karnataka high court has allowed the Union government to issue travel documents enabling a Russian woman and her two daughters, who were found living in a cave in the forests of Gokarna, Uttara Kannada district in July, to return to Russia.

Justice B.M. Shyam Prasad issued the order after the court was informed that Russian authorities had granted emergency travel documents for the children, including five-year-old Ama, who was born in India. Additional Solicitor-General of India K Arvind Kamath told the court that a DNA report confirming Ama's parentage had been shared with Moscow, which subsequently extended citizenship and issued short-term documents for her travel.

The proceedings stemmed from a petition f...