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.