Mother throws her disabled six-year-old son into a crocodile-infested river where he is ‘mauled to death’ by reptiles after father orders her to ‘throw the child away’ in India
- Savitri Kumar, 26, had a heated argument with the boy’s father, Ravi Kumar, 27
- According to local media, he repeatedly ordered her to ‘throw away the child’
A mother threw her disabled six-year-old son into a crocodile-infested river where he was allegedly mauled to death by reptiles.
Savitri Kumar, 26, from Uttara Kannada, a district in the western Indian state of Karnataka, had a heated argument with the boy’s father, Ravi Kumar, 27, who repeatedly ordered her to ‘throw the child away’, the 27- year old. Times of India reports.
Police say her husband questioned her decision to give birth to a child with disabilities.
When the parents had another fight over their son on Saturday evening, Savitri was ‘distressed’ and reportedly threw her son into a waste canal that flows into the Kali River, which is infested with crocodiles.
Neighbors who witnessed this called the police, who deployed divers to search for the boy in the water, but to no avail as darkness hampered their operations.
A mother threw her disabled six-year-old son into a crocodile-infested river, where he was allegedly mauled to death by reptiles (file image)
They returned Sunday morning and found the child’s body, which had bite marks everywhere.
The boy suffered serious injuries and was missing a hand, which a police officer said indicated the boy had been mauled to death by one or more crocodiles.
A post-mortem has been ordered to determine the six-year-old’s cause of death.
The couple also have a two-year-old son and are said to often argue about their eldest son’s speech impediment.
Officers have launched an investigation into the incident.
A police officer tells local media that it is a ‘murder case’ and that both the man and woman have been arrested.