Bengaluru CEO Suchana Seth likely pre-planned son's murder, undergoes psychological test: Goa cops

livemint.com:

Seth's four-year-old son seems pre-planned. The police said they had recovered two empty bottles of cough syrup from the room where Seth allegedly killed her son, indicating that she might have given a heavy dose of the medicine to the deceased. Seth was subjected to psychological tests to assess her mental condition and to help find the motive for the gruesome crime, the police said.

A senior police officer told PTI that post mortem has been conducted and there is a possibility that the victim might have been smothered to death either with a piece of cloth or a pillow but there were no indications of any struggle. "The post-mortem conducted on the body has indicated the possibility that the child might have been smothered to death and there were no signs of struggle. We are examining the possibility if the woman gave a heavy dose of cough syrup to the child before putting him to death," the official said.

"It looks like a pre-planned murder," the official said adding that the accused also tried to commit suicide by slashing her left wrist. Accused Suchana Seth, CEO of The Mindful AI Lab, allegedly killed her son at an apartment in North Goa's Candolim and stuffed the body in a bag before taking it to neighbouring Karnataka in a taxi, the police said. Seth was arrested on Monday night from Karnataka's Chitradurga and brought to Goa on Tuesday.

Seth is in police custody for 6 days, but officials have yet to find the motive behind the murder. "We are examining the possibility if the woman gave a heavy dose of cough syrup to the child before putting him to death," the official said. He also noted that it was found during the questioning with the service apartment staff that the woman allegedly asked them to buy a small