An official cited the girl’s psychological well being circumstances for her act of self-harm. (File)
Mumbai:
The 50-year-old American girl discovered tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district has now advised police she had shackled herself and nobody else was concerned within the incident, an official mentioned on Monday.
The official cited the girl’s psychological well being circumstances 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 native police, an incident that had triggered an uproar and attracted large media consideration. She was rescued by the police and brought to hospital.
The 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.
The police 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.
Within the assertion, the American girl additionally advised the police she doesn’t have a husband, the official mentioned.
Throughout investigation, the police got here to know her mom resides within the US, however to this point no person from the household has contacted them, he mentioned.
In the meantime, the girl was dropped at Regional Psychological Hospital in Ratnagiri the place she is being handled on the psychiatric division, he mentioned.
Typically the girl experiences hallucinations and through one such second she will need to have mentioned that her former husband had tied her to the tree, mentioned the official.
After the American girl was rescued, the police had recovered a notice from her bag by which she had talked about that her “former husband” had tied her to the tree. Based mostly on the notice, the police had registered an try to homicide case in opposition to her former husband with out naming him and launched a seek for him.
The police had recovered a photocopy of her US passport and an Aadhaar card with a Tamil Nadu handle. A duplicate of her expired visa was additionally present in her possession.
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