US Woman Maharashtra: US woman found tied with tree in forest, case filed against former husband
Police have registered a case of attempted murder against the former husband of an American woman who was found tied to a tree with an iron chain inside a forest in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district on Saturday, media reports said.
The case was registered based on a note written by the woman at the hospital, detailing her ordeal, reported The Financial Express reported.
The woman was identified as 50-year-old Lalita Kayi.
According to reports, police suspect she was chained in the forest following a domestic dispute.
The shepherds, who visited the forest, reportedly heard her cries informed the police.
After an initial treatment, she was later admitted to a medical facility in Sindhudurg's Oros.
A top Maharashtra Police official told India Today: " 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. She reportedly left her husband after a quarrel."
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