Woman found alive after tied to tree in a forest for 40days

A 50-year-old American woman who had been missing for a long time was found in India, tied to a tree in a forest for 40 days.

The woman, identified as Lalita Kayi Kumar, was discovered in a severely weakened state and unable to speak when rescuers found her in the Sindhudurg district, which is about 290 miles from Mumbai.

When she was taken to the hospital, Lalita revealed through a note that her husband had tied her to a tree in the forest with the intention of leaving her to die.

“Husband tied me to a tree in a forest and said I would die there,” she wrote in the letter.

Lalita has begun receiving treatment and was given an injection for extreme psychosis, which caused a severe case of lockjaw that left her unable to drink water.

Her rescue came when a shepherd heard her cries for help and alerted the police.

According to The Indian Express, a case of attempted murder has been filed against her ex-husband, who is currently on the run from the police.

“The woman is weak as she has not eaten anything for a couple of days, especially since the area experienced heavy rains. We don’t know how long she was tied to that tree. We believe her husband, who hails from Tamil Nadu, tied her there and fled,” a Maharashtra police official said