US woman found chained to tree in Maharashtra claims she went '40 days without food'
A 50-year-old woman, originally from the US and possibly suffering from psychiatric problems was found chained to a tree in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district. The troubling scene also revealed a photocopy of her passport among other documents. A police official told media they also found an Aadhaar card on her person, with a Tamil Nadu address.
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It was on the evening of July 27 that a shepherd heard cries for help from the woods in Sonurli village, roughly 450 kilometres away. Her distress calls did not go unheard and the shepherd rushed to the spot only to find the emaciated woman's leg chained to a tree.?
Telegraph India quoted the Maharashtra police official as saying, "The woman was rushed to a hospital in Sawantwadi (in the state's Konkan region) and then Oros in Sindhudurg. Considering her mental and health condition, she was shifted to Goa Medical College for advanced treatment. She is out of danger. Doctors treating her said she suffers from psychiatric problems. We have found medical prescriptions in her possession."
"We found her Aadhaar card with a Tamil Nadu address and a photocopy of her United States of America passport. She has been identified as Lalita Kayi. Her visa has expired. We are getting all these documents verified to ascertain her nationality. Police is also in touch with the Foreigners Regional Registration office."??
The 50-year-old has been in India for a decade now, as per reports. "The woman is not in a position to give her statement. The woman is weak as she has not eaten anything for a couple of days and also as the area experienced heavy rains. We don't know for how long she was tied to that tree. We believe her husband, who hails from Tamil Nadu, tied her there and fled," the official stated.
According to an India Today report, the unnamed woman is presently receiving medical treatment Sindhudurg's Oros, and doctors have said that she is suffering from psychiatric problems. A video in the same report shows the woman lying in a hospital bed, surrounded by staff eager to see what she's writing on the piece of paper given to her. The video, shot inside the hospital, reveals her notes; the woman wrote her husband tied her to a tree after they had a spat.
An investigation is currently underway.?
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