Goa Police files chargesheet against Bengaluru CEO Suchana Seth for son’s murder

The Calangute police earlier this week filed a 642-page charge sheet against Seth in the Goa Children’s Court, the official said on Tuesday, 2 April.

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Death due to strangulation

The chargesheet mentioned that the child died as a result of shock and respiratory asphyxia caused by strangulation.

Seth has been booked under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of office) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 8 of the Goa Children’s Act, according to the chargesheet.

The Goa Police have named 59 witnesses in the case and also recorded the statement of the accused’s husband, who has said that despite orders from a family court in Bengaluru, Seth did not allow him to meet their son.

The Goa Children’s Court will hear the case on 14 June 2024, when charges will be framed against the accused, who is currently in judicial custody in the coastal state.

The police have also attached with the charge sheet a scribbled note written on a tissue paper using an eyeliner by the accused.

They have also attached the confirmation from handwriting experts who identified it as Seth’s handwriting.

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Crime trail

• Suchana Seth and her four-year-old son checked into a service apartment in Candolim on 6 January.
• On the intervening night of 7-8 January, Suchana Seth checks out and demands to return to Bengaluru by cab.
• Hotel staff suspect foul play as she was carrying an unusually heavy bag and the four-year-old was not seen with her. They also found blood stains in her room.
• The hotel staff alerted the Goa police, who arrived immediately and contacted the woman through the taxi driver’s number provided by the hotel.
• Suchana claimed that she had left her son at her friend’s place in Madgaon. The accused told us that the stains were her menstrual blood.
• Upon further investigation, the provided address turned out to be fake. PI Paresh then spoke to the taxi driver without the woman’s knowledge.
• The driver was instructed to take her to the closest Aimangala Police Station.
• Alerted by Goa’s Calangute Police, Karnataka police detained Seth at Aimangala in the Chitradurga district on 8 January.
• Subsequently, the mortal remains of the 4-year-old child were found in her luggage.

According to Seth’s LinkedIn page, she is the CEO of the startup Mindful AI Lab and was among the top “100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics for 2021”.

(With PTI inputs)