Goa, May 6 -- In a shocking incident, a 32-year-old woman in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada purportedly tossed her six-year-old hearing-impaired son into a canal known to be populated by crocodiles. The local police apprehended the mother on charges of murder after the incident.

The tragic incident unfolded on Saturday night in Halamadi village, where the woman, identified as Savitri, allegedly engaged in frequent clashes with her husband, Ravi Kumar (36), over their son Vinod's hearing and speech impairment. Police investigations revealed that the couple often quarrelled about the condition of their elder son, who had been speech-disabled since birth.

Amidst a heated altercation, authorities allege that Savitri forcibly threw Vinod into th...