The Bengaluru start-up founder, who allegedly killed her four-year-old son in Goa and travelled to Karnataka with his body, was separated from her husband, said police today, suspecting her strained relationship with her husband as a possible reason for the murder.
However, the motive behind Suchana Seth committing murder is not clear, said police.
The 39-year-old CEO of artificial intelligence start-up Mindful AI Lab was arrested in Karnataka’s Chitradurga yesterday with her son’s body in a bag.
Ms Seth, who is from West Bengal, said she was unhappy over her strained relationship with her husband Venkat Raman, according to the police, and that their divorce proceedings are in the final stage.
The cops have contacted Ms Raman, who is from Kerala and is currently in Indonesia, and summoned him to India.
Ms Seth had allegedly killed her son in a hotel in north Goa’s Candolim, police said, crediting the presence of mind of the hotel staff for alerting the cops.
She had checked into Sol Banyan Grand with her son on Saturday, but checked out alone on Monday. Moreover, she insisted on booking a cab to Bengaluru from Goa despite the hotel staff advising her to take a flight.
The hotel staff also found bloodstains in the apartment she had occupied and informed the Goa Police. She also provided a wrong address when the cops dialled the cab driver and inquired about her son.
The cops then asked the driver to divert to the nearest police station in Chitradurga, around 200 km from Bengaluru, where she was arrested.
CCTV footage at the hotel is being checked and the forensic team is collecting evidences, said police.
