Kancheepuram: The American woman who was found loitering in this Tamil Nadu city after allegedly being abandoned by her Indian husband has been sent to the US, police said on Sunday.

The woman who was walking in semi-tattered clothes was sent to her country with the assistance of the US Consulate in Chennai, the police said.

"After she was taken to a government shelter, the US consulate was alerted, which arranged her travel back home," an official said. She was later taken to Chennai airport and sent to the US by a flight, the official said without giving any detail.

The American was found loitering at Vellagate here days ago. A police patrol team spotted her when she was talking to some auto drivers. She reporttedly told them that her spouse was an Indian and they resided at Velachery in Chennai.

The woman had claimed that her husband had left her here following a domestic fight and sped away in their car.

When contacted, the woman's husband had on Saturday declined to answer any query. PTI