The story of a woman found chained to a tree

Brut India

This woman’s former husband became the prime suspect when she was found abandoned in a forest in Maharashtra.

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00:00They tied me in the forest.

00:02In the forest.

00:04You will die.

00:06Husband.

00:08Write husband name.

00:10Address.

00:12I am a crime victim.

00:14Emaciated

00:16and unable to speak.

00:18This is the condition in which a woman

00:20was found in a forest in Maharashtra.

00:22She was tied with an iron chain to a tree

00:24and the main suspect was

00:26her former husband.

00:28You will die.

00:30Without.

00:32You are without food for 40 days.

00:34The bombings tied me

00:36in the forest.

00:38In the forest.

00:40On 27th July 2024,

00:42a shepherd was out in a jungle

00:44in the Sindhudur district of Maharashtra

00:46when he heard a woman's cries for help.

00:48He found this 50 year old woman

00:50chained to a tree by her leg.

00:52He informed the police who broke the chain

00:54and took the woman to a nearby hospital

00:56before she was moved to Goa Medical Hospital

00:58for advanced treatment.

01:00The police estimated that she had been

01:02abandoned in the forest for nearly 48 hours.

01:04Forest Inspector

01:06Vikas Padve said

01:08she seems to have not eaten for days

01:10and was also tied up in the open

01:12in heavy rains.

01:14With preliminary information, we believe she may have been

01:16tied to the tree by her husband

01:18who may have fled afterward.

01:20With her was a bag with some cash,

01:22documents and medical prescriptions

01:24for a psychiatric illness.

01:26There was also a copy of her

01:28United States of America passport

01:30and an Aadhaar card which said her name was

01:32Lalitha Kai and that she was a resident

01:34of Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu.

01:36Inability

01:40Drinking water

01:44Liquid

01:50Intervention

01:52Food

01:5840 days

02:04Without food for 40 days

02:08The police also found a note in her bag

02:10which said, my former husband.

02:12They believed this husband was a resident

02:14of Tamil Nadu and started searching for him

02:16as well as checking the authenticity

02:18of her Aadhaar card.

02:20Lalitha was from the United States of America

02:22and had been living in India for 10 years.

02:24Her visa had expired.

02:26According to the dean,

02:28Shivanand Bhandekar at Goa Medical College,

02:30Lalitha's condition was stable.

02:32He said, she has some wounds

02:34on the leg which are being assessed

02:36by the surgery department.

02:38She appears to be suffering from a mental health condition.

02:40She is not speaking much

02:42and only communicates through writing

02:44in response to a question.

02:46The superintendent of police of Sindhudur district,

02:48Sourabh Agrawal said that

02:50based on the note Lalitha wrote in the hospital,

02:52a case has been registered against

02:54her former husband on charges of attempted murder,

02:56endangering life or personal safety

02:58of others and wrongful confinement

03:00under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

03:02Husband

03:04Tied

03:06Tied to

03:08Tree

03:10Tied me

03:12In the forest

03:14Tied

03:16In the forest

03:18Tied

03:20Husband

03:22Name

03:24Address

03:26I am a

03:28I am a

03:30Crime victim

03:34Husband

03:36Name

03:38Full address

03:40Which country

03:42The investigation was still

03:44underway and the police were trying to

03:46trace Lalitha's ex-husband and

03:48her relatives and verify her version

03:50of events.

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