Goa murder shocker: Bengaluru CEO Suchana Seth sent to six-day police custody

Suchana Seth, the 34-year-old CEO who allegedly killed her four-year-old son, was sent to a six-day police custody on Tuesday. The accused woman was caught in Karnataka's Chitradurga region when she was trying to flee with the kid's body.

Earlier in the afternoon, she was brought to Goa and produced before a court in Mapusa town. An FIR was registered against Seth at the Calangute police station in Goa under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence), and also under the Goa Children’s Act.

“The court remanded the accused to six days of police custody,” a police officer told PTI news agency.

Meanwhile, the body of the four-year-old has been sent for post-mortem examination.

“The body of the 4-year-old boy found has been shifted to the government hospital in Aimangala. After the postmortem of the body, it will be handed over to Goa Police,” mentioned Kumar Naik, Health Inspector at Hiriyur Government Hospital in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district, ANI news agency reported.

Suchana Seth, a Bengaluru resident and co-founder of the startup Mindful AI Lab, was caught on Monday while fleeing in a taxi to Karnataka. She was detained in Chitradurga, about 204 km from Bengaluru. The cops found the kid's body stuffed in a bag.

During a preliminary interrogation, Suchana Seth cited her “estranged relationship” with husband Venkat Raman as one of the reasons for the extreme action. Raman is currently in Indonesia, and as per reports, he has not been informed of the crime at the time of writing this report.

Police told the NDTV that she was unhappy over a court order. "Their divorce proceedings are in the final stage," Nidhin Valsan, Superintendent of Police, North Goa, was quoted as saying.

The incident came to light after the cleaning staff noticed blood stains in her room and immediately informed the Calangute police.

The staff had also noted that the boy had been missing since Saturday when the mother-son duo checked into the luxury apartment.

(With inputs from agencies)

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