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The chief executive officer of an artificial intelligence start-up, who was arrested for allegedly killing her four-year-old son in Goa, also tried to kill herself after the murder, police said on Tuesday, citing initial investigations.

According to a senior police official quoted by PTI, the 39-year-old entrepreneur smothered her son to death in a room in the service apartment in Candolim, where they checked in on January 6, and then tried to die by suicide by cutting her left wrist with a sharp object.

While the motive behind the murder was not immediately known, Seth mentioned to the police that she and her husband were estranged and that their divorce proceedings were currently underway.

"The blood stains that were found on a towel in the service apartment were due to the slashing of her wrist," he said.

"The motive behind the killing is yet to be ascertained. We have got six days of police custody of the accused and we will thoroughly interrogate her," the official mentioned.

How Did The Murder Came To Light?

The murder came to light after the apartment's housekeeping staff went to clean the room in which the accused stayed, and found blood stains on the towel. The service apartment management informed the Calangute police.

A police official then spoke to the taxi driver, who was on their way to Bengaluru and had reached Chitradurga district in Karnataka, to take the accused to the nearest police station. A Calangute police squad rushed to Chitradurga and procured a transit remand of the culprit, who was then brought to Goa.

Who Is Suchana Seth?

According to her LinkedIn bio, she is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the start-up Mindful AI Lab and was among the top '100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics for 2021'.

Police Investigating The Matter

A Calangute police team led by Inspector Paresh Naik is currently in Chitradurga and waiting for a post-mortem examination of the child's body. Seth has been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence), and also under the Goa Children's Act, said the official. Meanwhile, the father of the deceased child is currently in Jakarta (Indonesia) and has been informed about the incident.

(With agency inputs)