The DNA of Geeta, a hearing and speech impaired Indian woman, has not matched the Mahato family from Bihar which had claimed the 23-year-old as their own.

“A family from Bihar, the Mahatos, had claimed Geeta as their daughter. But the DNA test turned out to be negative. She will continue to live in Indore where an institution for speech and hearing impaired children are looked after,” The Hindu website quoted Vikas Swarup, spokesperson for India's Foreign Ministry.

Geeta's Tale

Geeta was found wandering near the India border in Lahore in 2002 and was taken by soldiers of Pakistan Rangers. She was barely an 11-year-old child back then, they handed her over to the Lahore branch of Edhi Foundation — Pakistan’s largest social welfare organisation, founded by Faisal’s father Abdul Sattar Edhi. Later, she was shifted to Karachi.

After identifying a family as her own through a picture sent by Indian officials, Geeta finally returned to India on October 26 with the head of Edhi Foundation, Mr Abdul Sattar Edhi's wife. She was received by senior diplomats from the Pakistan High Commission.

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Among those waiting to meet her at the airport was Janardhan Mahato from Bihar, who she had earlier this month identified as her father from one of many photographs sent to her by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

But in a tragic twist, just hours after arriving in Delhi, she told officials she did not know the family. Sushma Swaraj then vowed to find her parents after a DNA test.

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Geeta's case had come into limelight after the release of Salman Khan blockbuster hit Bajrangi Bhaijaan earlier this year. The movie is based on a fictional story of a speech-impaired, six-year-old girl Munni who stumbled across the Pak-India border and greatly resembled the real-life story of Geeta.