Following the arrest of Suchana Seth for allegedly killing her four-year-old son, a Goa court remanded her to six days of police custody in the case on Tuesday. The accused, Suchana Seth, 39, the chief executive officer (CEO) of a start-up, was apprehended by the Goa police from Chitradurga in Karnataka on Monday night. She was brought to Goa on Tuesday afternoon and presented before a court in Mapusa town.
According to Seth’s LinkedIn page, she serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of start-up Mindful AI Lab and was recognised among the top ‘100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics for 2021’
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An FIR has been 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,” stated a police official,reported PTI.
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According to the police, the woman had checked into a rented service apartment at Candolim in North Goa with her son on January 6. After a two-day stay, she left for Bengaluru in a taxi on Monday. Staff at the apartment later notified the police, mentioning that her son was not seen with her when she departed and blood stains were found from the apartment by the housekeeping staff.
“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, reported ANI.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.
(With Agencies Inputs)