Sushma Swaraj asks Geeta not to leave premises without informing anyone
Swaraj is understood to have asked the authorities of the institute to send a daily report of Geeta's activities to Bhopal.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has advised Geeta, the deaf and mute woman who was brought from Pakistan to India, not to leave her premises without informing anyone. Besides, she also asked the deaf and mute institute where Geeta is lodged to send the latter's activity report on a daily basis.
Geeta had gone missing on July 6 for a brief period from Indore's Institute for Speech and Hearing Impaired. Immediately after her mysterious disappearance, the Indore police launched a hunt to trace her. Three police stations were pressed into service to locate her. They found her at Ranjit Hanuman Mandir and dropped her at the deaf and mute hostel of Deaf Bilingual Academy.
On July 8, Geeta went to meet Sushma Swaraj in Bhopal. Sources said the minister asked Geeta not to leave her premises without informing anyone. Geeta is learnt to have expressed her wish to learn painting. Sukhreet Kaur, an expert from Bhopal, is likely to visit Indore to hold a one-day workshop.
Besides, Swaraj is understood to have asked the authorities of the institute to send a daily report of Geeta's activities to Bhopal. Presently, the institute submits her monthly report to the concerned department. The institute has also been asked to ensure that such an incident does not recur.
The sources said the minister told the institute to hold such activities which are of interest to Geeta if she is not inclined towards studies. Geeta informed Swaraj that she wanted to learn painting.
After her return from Pakistan in October 2015 on personal intervention of Swaraj, Geeta was lodged in an Indore institute.
Neither police officials nor the authorities of the institute could tell the reason of Geeta's disappearance. It is understood that she had left for temple to pray.
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