India, Sept. 26 -- The Karnataka high court has permitted the union government to issue travel documents for a Russian woman and her two daughters, who were found living in a cave in the forests of Gokarna in Uttara Kannada district in July, allowing them to return to Russia.

Justice BM 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 granted her citizenship and issued short-term travel documents.

The proceedings followed a petition f...