Bengaluru startup founder and CEO Suchana Seth, arrested for allegedly smothering her four-year-son to death in North Goa’s Candolim has made new revelations about the murder.
A police team on Friday took back the 39-year-old to the service apartment at Hotel Sol Banyan Grande to re-create the crime scene. Seth had checked into the apartment with her son on January 6.
It took nearly 2.5 hours for the police to recreate the entire scene, which was aimed at connecting any loose ties left out in the investigation done so far, a Times of India report said.
Seth signed the document of panchanama — record of observations on a crime in the presence of a witness — after its completion.
“She showed us where her son was lying in the room, where she kept the suitcase into which the boy was kept and how she stuffed the body in,” a police officer was quoted as saying.
Present at the crime scene recreation, a data scientist also demonstrated how Seth would have slashed her wrist with a cutlery piece in a suspected attempt to take her life.
Suchana had originally intended on staying at a hotel in Palolem, but since she couldn’t get a room of her choice, she went with Candolim. Reportedly she only booked flight tickets for Bengaluru to Goa. She did not book a round trip as according to her plan, Seth was going to return by road after the murder, police said.
Venkat Raman — Seth’s estranged husband — who returned to Bangalore from Indonesia, is likely to record his statement at the Calangute police station on Saturday.
Police found a cryptic handwritten note on a piece of tissue paper in Seth’s belongings. The note was purportedly written by Seth.
The note was written using an eyeliner and had been crumpled after an attempt had been made to tear it to bits.
“Court and my (estranged) husband pressurising me to give custody of my son, and I cannot take it anymore.” the note as quoted by ToI read. “My ex-husband is violent… he used to teach bad manners to (my) son. I don’t want to give even a day’s custody to the father,” it added.
Earlier, the police had taken samples of Suchana’s handwriting and sent it to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), along with the note, for examination by experts.
Officers involved in the probe also noted that Seth apparently “sang a lullaby” to her son in a bid to get him asleep before allegedly killing him.
It was also being said that Seth had told her friends and family that her son, who resembled Raman, always reminded her of their troubled relationship.
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Seth — hailing from Bengal — and Raman — from Kerala — got married in 2010. The two settled in Bengaluru and had a son in 2019. Later, differences created a stir in their marriage, which ultimately led to their separation. Their divorce proceedings are currently underway.
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