1. Bengaluru CEO Suchana Seth planned son’s murder, empty cough syrup bottles found in her room: Police
The Goa Police have found two empty bottles of cough syrup in a room where Suchana Seth, the CEO of a Bengaluru start-up allegedly killed her four-year-old son, indicating she might have given a heavy dose of the medicine to him and that it was pre-planned murder, an official said on January 10. Ms. Seth was remanded to police custody for six days by a Mapusa Court in North Goa on January 9, 2024.
The post-mortem has revealed the child was smothered to death either with a cloth or a pillow, as per officials. The child’s father Venkat Raman brought his son’s body from Chitradurga to an apartment in Bengaluru, where the initial rituals took place on January 10. Later, the child’s body was taken to the Harishchandra Ghat at Rajaji Nagar where Mr. Raman performed the last rites.