'Hid Body in a Bag': Bengaluru Startup CEO Kills 4 Year Old Son in Goa, Arrested

(Trigger warning: Mentions of violence) A 39 year old CEO of an AI startup based out of Bengaluru has been arrested by the Calangute Police in Goa for allegedly murdering her four year old son at a service apartment in Candolim, North Goa. The accused, Suchana Seth, who is reportedly the co founder of AI startup Mindful AI Labs, was arrested in Karnataka's Chitradurga while she was fleeing with the body of her son in a taxi, as per Calangute Police.

What happened? Seth checked into a service apartment in Candolim on Saturday, 6 January, and stayed there till Sunday, 8 January, Calangute Police told The Quint . "When she was checking out on 8 January, her son was not seen with her. She told the hotel management that she wanted a taxi back to Bengaluru.

The staff told her it would be cheaper to book a flight back, but she insisted on getting a taxi," an official at Calangute police station told The Quint. Also Read Bengaluru Student Dies By Suicide After Parents Oppose New Year Photoshoot ADVERTISEMENT REMOVE AD Hotel staff raise suspicion: After she left in the cab, the hotel staff went to her room to clean – and they found bloodstains in the bathroom, the police said.

"The hotel staff informed us about this, and we contacted the driver who was taking her to Bengaluru. We asked the driver to give the phone to her. When we asked her where her son was, she said that he was at a friend's house in Goa and that she would come back to pick him up." However, the address of the 'friend' that she gave the police turned out to be fake.

'Child's Body Found in Her Bag': Police The Calangute Police then told the taxi driver to take her to the nearest police station in Karnataka's Chitradurga. When the police checked her luggage, her son's body was found in one of the two bags she was carrying. The Calangute Police further said that she was separated from her husband over a family dispute and that this could be the motive for the crime.

What are the charges? Seth has been arrested under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 8 of the Goa Children's Act. The child's body has been sent for postmortem examination, and further investigation is underway. As per the LinkedIn page of Mindful AI Labs, Seth was named in the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics List of 2021.

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