US woman found tied to tree in India moved there to study yoga; husband is probed for attempted murder

US woman found tied to tree in India moved there to study yoga; husband is probed for attempted murder

 

 

The American woman found tied to a tree in India supposedly moved to the country a decade ago to learn yoga — and police are investigating her husband for attempted murder.

Lalita Kayi Kumar, 50, was discovered emaciated and filthy in a forest in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra on Saturday.

The US native apparently relocated to India 10 years ago to study yoga and meditation in Tamil Nadu, the Indian Express reported, citing local police.

The 50-year-old American woman was found chained to a tree on Saturday.Sindhudurg District Hospital

Kumar allegedly met and married a man in Tamil Nadu, and lived in the state until the couple’s relationship faltered, senior officials told the outlet.

The identification card found with the woman’s belongings listed a Tamil Nadu address, though she had actually been living in Goa — about 18 miles from where she was discovered — for the past few months, the police added.

On Tuesday, investigators opened an attempted murder case against Kumar’s former husband, whose name was not disclosed to the public.

Kumar was unable to speak when she was rescued, but gave investigators a handwritten note that accused the man of tying her up and abandoning her to die without food or water.​​

The note, which was written in English, also indicated that she had medical issues, including “injection for extreme psychosis which causes severe locked jaw and inability to drink any water.”

The woman claimed to have been abandoned for 40 days, though police said it appeared unlikely that she had been there that long.

Emergency services rescued Kumar from the forest and brought her to the hospital.Sawantwadi Rescue Team
Kumar could not speak, but was able to produce a handwritten note in English.Sindhudurg District Hospital
Lalita Kumar was found by a shepherd who heard her cries for help.Sawantwadi Rescue Team
Kumar is still receiving treatment in Goa.

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