Who is Suchana Seth, the 39-year-old CEO who murdered her four-year-old son?

On Tuesday morning, India woke up to the horrific incident in which a four-year-old boy was brutally murdered by his 39-year-old CEO mom in Goa.

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.

Police said that the forensic team is collecting evidence from the murdered site. Seth has now been taken back to Goa for questioning.

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

High achiever and highly educated

According to her LinkedIn profile, Seth is a data scientist based in New York, United States, with over 12 years of experience in the industry.

She has attained her Master's in Physics from the University of Calcutta. She specialises in plasma physics with astrophysics.

She also holds a postgraduate diploma in Sanskrit and secured the first position in the course, as per her LinkedIn profile.

She was among the top '100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics for 2021'. She also holds patents in natural language processing.

(With inputs from agencies)