US woman found chained to tree in Indian forest and blamed husband actually tied herself up

An American woman who was found chained to a tree “screaming” in a forest in the western Indian state of Maharashtra had blamed her husband, but it has now emerged that she chained herself

Lalita Kayi, 50, was rescued on July 27 from the dense forests of Sindhudurg district after her cries for help were heard by shepherds.

In a written statement to the police, she had alleged that her husband “chained her and left her in the forest to die without food or water”.

Ms Kayi’s predicament had shocked India and police had constituted several teams to investigate how she came to be in the forest.

It has now emerged that there is no husband in the picture.

Saurabh Agarwal, superintendent of police for Sindhudurg, told BBC Marathi on Tuesday, August 6, that Ms Kayi has now said that she was not married and that she was probably suffering from hallucinations when she gave her first statement.

Police said she told them she had been distressed because her visa had run out and she was running out of money, so she had bought locks and chains and tied herself to the tree.

Dr Sanghamitra Phule, superintendent of the psychiatric hospital where Ms Kayi is being treated, told BBC Marathi that “her condition is improving”.

“She eats, walks and also exercises. She is under treatment and we are also giving her some nutrients that her body was lacking.”

Dr Phule said her family had been traced in the US and that Ms Kayi was in touch with them on the phone.

When Ms Kayi was found, she had said she was married to a man in the southern state of Tamil Nadu and blamed him for tying her to the tree.

She claimed that she had gone without food and water for 40 days. Police had questioned her claim, saying it was unlikely that someone would survive without food or water for so long.

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