A Goa court on Monday extended the police custody of Bengaluru startup CEO Suchana Seth by five days. She has been arrested for allegedly killing her four-year old son. Suchana Seth was produced before Goa Children’s Court after her initial remand of six days expired.
On Monday, the Calangute Police sought the extension of her custody as the investigation is yet to conclude. Reportedly, a senior police officer said that the accused is not cooperating with the investigators. He added that they sought for an extension because they wanted more time to investigate her and they also had to conduct other formalities like taking her DNA sample.
Suchana Seth was arrested from Chitradurga in Karnataka on January 8. She is accused of smothering her son in a Goa service apartment and attempting to transport his body to Bengaluru. The CEO has been booked by the Calangute police under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 302 (murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence), and also under the Goa Children’s Act.
Earlier on January 11, the police had recovered a five-sentence note purportedly written by Suchana Seth who allegedly killed his four-year-old son in a Goa hotel room.The investigators asserted that it could be the key to unlocking the motive behind the crime. Reports stated that the pieces of the tissue were found in her luggage bag. The note indicated that the accused did not want her son to go with the father and offered insights into her state of mind.
Speaking on the matter, a superintendent of police in North Goa Nidhin Valsan stated that the accused seemed unhappy with the recent court order that permitted her husband to spent time with their child. Reportedly, the accused and her husband have been involved in divorce proceedings since 2022. She has accused her husband of physically abusing both her and their four-year-old son. She had also demanded for an alimony of Rs 2.5 lakh per month as her husband’s annual income was more than Rs 1 crore.