Karnataka: Mother throws disabled son into crocodile-infested river. Here's what happened

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PTI. Speaking on the incident, police said that the mother threw her child into a waste canal that is directly connected to the crocodile-infested Kali River after the couple argued on Saturday night about the same matter.

Dandeli rural police inspector Krishna Barakeri told Hindustan Times that, “Savitri allegedly threw her son into a waste canal linked to the crocodile-infested Kali river around 9 pm." The neighbours had alerted the police on this and they reached the spot along with divers and locals. As it was dark, the police could not find the child and the body was retrieved on Sunday morning.

As per the PTI report, the police officer added that the child was found with severe injuries, bite marks across the body and a missing hand indicating that he was the victim of a crocodile attack. "We have registered a case at Dandeli Rural Police station under section 109 (Abetment of any offence, if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested both husband and wife in connection with the incident," the officer said as quoted by PTI.