Goa Murder: Was Not Allowed to Meet Son for Past Five Sundays, Husband Tells Cops

The estranged husband of Suchana Seth, the AI start up CEO who has been accused of killing her four-year-old child, told Goa police on Sunday that he was not allowed by Seth to meet their child for the past five Sundays.

After the shocking case of murder from Goa sent shockwaves across the country, the accused’s husband, Venkat Raman, was called at the Calangute police station from Bengaluru to record his statement as part of the investigation.

How Did the Case Unfold?

The woman allegedly smothered her son to death in a service apartment in North Goa’s Candolim. The 39-year-old businesswoman from Bengaluru was arrested while she was travelling back to Karnataka with the child’s body in a bag in Chitradurga district, as per police.

The accused’s husband, Raman refused to speak to the media before meeting the investigating officer (IO), a senior police official told.

Accused Recreates Crime Scene

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.

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.

Bengaluru CEO Did Not Want Husband to Get Son’s Custody, Reveals He Was Violent

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.

(with agency inputs)