Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Bengaluru AI start-up founder Suchana Seth has been arrested for allegedly murdering her four-year-old son in North Goa. The accused is from Bengal and is married to a man from Kerala who is in Indonesia. Seth, 39, was apprehended in Karnataka after trying to flee in a cab with the child’s body.
Police suspect that ‘estranged relation’ with her husband could be one of the reasons for the murder.
“The accused said her relationship with her husband was not good. Her divorce proceedings have been finalised, and she was unhappy because of a court order,” said Nidhin Valsan, SP, North Goa, while speaking to media.
Police said the woman fled in a cab allegedly with her son’s body stuffed in a bag. Police said the incident came to light after house-keeping staff went to clean the apartment on Monday and noticed blood stains.
The crime came to light when the hotel staff noticed that though Seth had checked in with her son on January 6 evening, the boy was missing when she checked out early on Monday morning and the housekeeping staff notice blood-stained cloths on the floor.
She wanted to go to Bengaluru only by taxi even though hotel staff advised that a flight would be cheaper. When the police called up Seth, she told them that her son was with her friend at Fatorda and gave a fake address. Suspecting something amiss, the police called up the driver and directed him to go to the nearest police station, which was at Chitradurga.
The counterparts in Chitradurga checked the bag and were shocked to see the body of the minor boy stuffed inside. She was detained at Chitradurga police station and the Calangute PI Paresh Naik along with his team reached Chitradurga to secure the custody of the accused.
