Real time Bhajrangi Bhaijaan Story:Geeta Returns to India Re-Unite With Family After 15 Years

Pakistan International Airlines flight PK 272 carrying 23-year-old Geeta from Karachi landed at 10.30 am in the morning at the Indira Gandhi International Airport where she was given a warm welcome.She was reportedly just 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone on the Samjhauta Express by the Pakistan Rangers 15 years ago at the Lahore railway station.




She was adopted by the Edhi Foundation's Bilquees Edhi and lived with her in Karachi. Bilquis and her grandchildren, Saba and Saad Edhi, are accompanying Geeta. Her story came to light after the release of Salman Khan starrer 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' in which the hero unites a girl separated from her Pakistani mother who was visiting India.

INDIAN MINISTERS ROLE:

Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, TCA Raghavan, and his wife had visited Geeta in August after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj directed him to meet her and try to locate her family. Before boarding the PIA flight from Karachi, a beaming Geeta thanked the Pakistani people for taking care of her.

Faisal Edhi of the Edhi foundation told reporters in Karachi that they would continue to stay in touch with Geeta through social media and even visit her. “She is not really separating from us," he said.

Geeta was shown the pictures of various families by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, who claim to be her relatives and has identified one of them. however, the final handing over to her real parents will be done only if the pending DNA test proves to be positive. Otherwise, she will be granted accomodation in one of the two institutions identified in Delhi and Indore.

HUMANITY BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES:

Borders and religion might divide the common people, but humanity has once again proved above all. We hope that these acts of kindness will continue to unite the people irrespective of the diplomatic tensions between the countries.

The CFSD community lauds the Edhi Foundation for Geetha's upbringing and the efforts of Indian and Pakistani governments to unite Geeta with her family. We hope this co-operation between the countries goes on and on.....