New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday reprimanded an Israeli businessman residing in India, questioning what he was doing in Goa when his family was "living in a cave", after he sought a halt to the repatriation of his two "daughters" who, along with their Russian mother, had recently been rescued from a Karnataka forest.

Expressing its disapproval, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said this country has become a "safe haven" where "anybody can come and stay", as it queried the man, who was seeking custody of the two children, if he had valid documents to stay in India.

Nina Kutina (40), a Russian national, and her two daughters -- aged six and five -- were rescued on July 11 by a police team on a routine patrol in a forest in Ramatirtha Hills in Gokarna of

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