MUMBAI: The 50-year-old American lady discovered tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Sindhudurg district has now instructed police she had shackled herself and nobody else was concerned, an official mentioned on Monday.
The official cited the girl’s psychological well being situations for her act of self-harm. The lady, mentioned to be battling with psychological well being points, appeared emaciated when a shepherd heard her cries within the forest the place she was discovered tied to a tree with an iron chain on July 27 and alerted the police, an incident that brought on an uproar and attracted huge media consideration.She was rescued by the police and brought to hospital.
Sindhudurg police recorded the girl’s assertion on Saturday (Aug 3) throughout which she mentioned she introduced three locks and iron chains and used one of many locks and chains to tie herself to a tree in a forest close to Sonurli village within the coastal district, round 460km from Mumbai, the official mentioned.
Police officers had recovered a pair of keys used to lock the iron chain just a few metres away from the spot the place she was discovered. It was nonetheless unclear for what number of days she was tied to the tree, he mentioned.
