New Delhi, March 27 -- A woman has landed in hot water after fraudulently claiming more than £23,000 (about Rs.29 lakh) in disability benefits and was later found surfing and ziplining in Mexico, despite insisting she was too unwell to leave her home.

A report by The Independent stated that Catherine Wieland, 33, of Goring-by-Sea in West Sussex, had told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that severe anxiety had left her housebound. However, an investigation later revealed that she had misrepresented her condition over a period of more than two years.

The investigation found that she had been travelling abroad, including a trip to Cancun, where she went surfing and ziplining. She had also visited Thorpe Park, a popular adve...