In a shocking incident, a woman allegedly threw her six-year-old disabled son into a crocodile infested river following a quarrel with her husband in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka.
The tragic incident took place in Dandeli taluk.
Savitri (26) and her husband Ravi Kumar (27) used to frequently quarrel with over elder son's disability. Ravi would question her as to why she gave birth to a mute child. On certain occasions, he used to allegedly tell her to "throw the child away", police said.
As per the police, following a fight over the same matter on Saturday evening, angry Savitri allegedly threw her elder son into a waste canal directly linked to the Kali river which is infested with crocodiles.
Upon discovery of the incident, the neighbours alerted the police. They reached the spot and with the help of locals and divers, conducted a search operation to rescue the child. However, since it was dark, the police could not find the child.
On Sunday morning, the police retrieved the body of the child with severe injuries, bite marks across the body and a missing hand indicating that the child was the victim of a crocodile attack.
Both parents, Ravi Kumar and Savitri, have been arrested as the police investigate the incident.
The body was sent for post-mortem to ascertain the exact cause of death, police said.