The 50-year-old American woman was found chained to a tree after a shepherd heard her cries. She said her husband had tied her there and “left her to die”.
An American woman found chained to a tree in a forest in India said she had been tied there by her husband and left for “40 days without food”.
Lalita Kayi Kumar, 50, was emaciated and unable to speak when she was found by rescuers in the Sindhudurg district, about 290 miles south of Mumbai.
She wrote a note for hospital staff which said her “husband tied me to a tree in a forest and said I would die there”.
She also said she would need intravenous food and had been given an “injection for extreme psychosis which causes severe locked jaw” and left her unable to drink water.
Photos shared by the rescuers and hospital showed the woman emaciated and covered in dirt.
Ms Kumar was found after a shepherd heard her cries for help and alerted police, the Indian Express reported.
The newspaper quoted local police, who said an attempted murder case had been registered against her former husband and investigators are searching for him.
She referenced her “former husband” in a note found in her bag, police said.
Police said the woman was born in the US but had been living in India for 10 years and her visa had expired.
