The mother who threw her mute six-year-old son into a river where he was eaten by crocodiles says her husband “is responsible” after repeatedly telling her to kill the boy because “all he does is eat.”

A mother who threw Her disabled six-year-old son to a crocodile-infested river where he was attacked to death by reptiles now blames her husband, claiming he encouraged her to go in.

Savitri Kumar, 32, from Uttara Kannada, a district in the western Indian state of Karnataka, got into a heated argument with the boy’s father, Ravi Kumar, 27, who repeatedly ordered her to “throw the child”, the Indian Times reports.

Police say her husband allegedly questioned her decision to give birth to Vinod, who was born deaf and mute.

When the parents, who also have a two-year-old son, fought again over their eldest son on Saturday night, Savitri was “distraught” and reportedly threw her son into a sewage canal that flows into the Kali River, which is infested with crocodiles. .

According to local media, she told police: ‘My husband is responsible. He used to keep saying that the son should die and that all he does is eat. Leave him alone, I would say. If my husband keeps saying that, how much torture can my son endure? Where will I go to share my pain?

Neighbors who witnessed this called the police, who deployed divers to search for the boy in the water, but to no avail, as the darkness made their operations difficult.

They returned Sunday morning and found the boy’s body, which had bite marks all over it.

The boy suffered serious injuries and was missing a hand, which a police officer said indicated that one or more crocodiles killed the boy.

An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of the six-year-old boy’s death.

The couple also have another two-year-old son and are said to frequently fight over their eldest son’s speech impediment.

Officers have launched an investigation into the incident.

A police officer told local media that it was a “murder” case and that both the husband and wife had been arrested.