An elderly woman from the United States was found chained to a tree in a forest in India

An elderly woman from the United States was found chained to a tree in a forest in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district on Saturday.

According to the police, the woman, identified as Lalita Kayi Kumar S, lives in Tamil Nadu and is originally from the US. Police suspect that the woman was chained inside the forest by her husband after a domestic dispute.

The woman was found in the forest after a shepherd heard cries of distress on Saturday evening in a forest near Sonurli village in Sindhudurg. The shepherd discovered the woman with her leg tied to a tree with a chain and informed the police.