Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - A mother has thrown her disabled six-year-old son into a crocodile-infested river where he has reportedly been mauled to death by reptiles.
Savitri Kumar, 26, from Uttara Kannada, a district in
Karnataka, India, had a heated argument with the boy's father, Ravi Kumar, 27,
who repeatedly ordered her to “throw the child away,” the Times of India
reports.
Police say her husband allegedly questioned her decision to
give birth to a child with a disability.
When the parents fought about their son again on Saturday
evening, May 4, Savitri was “distressed” and reportedly threw her son into a
waste canal that flows into the Kali river, which is infested with crocodiles.
The Mother
Neighbours who witnessed this called the police, who
deployed divers to search for the boy in the water, but to no avail, as it was
dark.
They returned on Sunday morning, May 5, and found the
child's body, which showed bite marks all over.
The boy suffered severe injuries and was missing a hand,
which a police officer suggested indicated that the boy was mauled to death by
one or more crocodiles.
The Father
A post mortem has been ordered to determine the
six-year-old's cause of death.
The couple also has another son aged two and is said to
frequently fight about their older son's speech impediment.
Officers have launched an investigation into the incident.
The victim as a toddler
A police officer told local media that it was a “murder”
case and that both the husband and wife have been arrested.
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