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Maternal filicide needs more research: Experts
The Morning Standard
|January 16, 2024
SUCHANA Seth (39), CEO of a Bengaluru-based startup 'Mindful AI Lab', was arrested on January 8 from Chitradurga district for allegedly killing her minor son in a service apartment in North Goa. Seth has consistently denied indulging in maternal filicide.
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The Goa police have sought professional help from psychiatrists to question Seth. She has been charged under concerned sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for murder (302) and destruction of evidence (201), besides the Goa Children's Act. The children's court in Goa on Monday extended her police custody by another five days.
Maternal filicide, an extremely disturbing homicide, is defined as the act of a mother killing her own offspring who is one-year-old or more.
According to research, its occurrence is "rare, varying between 0.6-2.1 per 1,00,000 children under the 15-year age group". Though maternal filicide is not new, it is not well documented or researched in India largely because of a lack of adequate number of forensic psychiatry centres and forensic psychiatrists.
This story is from the January 16, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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