Mother Throws Disabled Child Into Crocodile-Infested River

<h4>Mother Throws Disabled Child<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that an Indian woman has thrown her disabled six-year-old son into a crocodile-infested river where he has reportedly been mauled to death by reptiles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Savitri Kumar&comma; 26&comma; from Uttara Kannada&comma; a district in the western Indian state of Karnataka&comma; had a heated argument with the boy&&num;8217&semi;s father&comma; Ravi Kumar&comma; 27&comma; who repeatedly ordered her to &&num;8216&semi;throw the child away&&num;8217&semi;&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Times of India<&sol;a> reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police say her husband allegedly questioned her decision to give birth to a child with a disability&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When the parents fought about their son again on Saturday evening&comma; Savitri was &&num;8216&semi;distressed&&num;8217&semi; and reportedly threw her son into a waste canal that flows into the Kali river&comma; which is infested with crocodiles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Neighbours&comma; who witnessed this&comma; called the police&comma; who deployed divers to search for the boy in the water&comma; but to no avail&comma; as the darkness hindered their operations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They returned on Sunday morning and found the child&&num;8217&semi;s body&comma; which showed bite marks all over&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The boy suffered severe injuries and was missing a hand&comma; which a police officer suggested indicated that the boy was mauled to death by one or more <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;">crocodiles<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A post-mortem has been ordered to determine the six-year-old&&num;8217&semi;s cause of death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The couple also has another son aged two and is said to frequently fight about their older son&&num;8217&semi;s speech impediment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Officers have launched an investigation into the incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A police officer telling local media that it was a &&num;8216&semi;murder&&num;8217&semi; case and that both the husband and wife have been arrested&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;24903" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-24903" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-24903" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;Utarra-300x268&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mother Throws Disabled Child Into Crocodile-Infested River " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"268" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-24903" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Gangu Bai Ramesh Manakar&comma; I&period;A&period;S Deputy Commissioner in ttara Kannada<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;