Citation

Sharma L, Khanagwal VP, Paliwal PK. Leg. Med. (Elsevier) 2011; 13(5): 259-261.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical Enclave, Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak 124 001, Haryana, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Japanese Society of Legal Medicine, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.05.009

PMID

21821460

Abstract

Homicide by hanging is an extremely rare incident. Very few cases have been reported in which a person is rendered senseless and then hanged to simulate suicidal death; though there are a lot of cases in wherein a homicide victim has been hung later. We report a case of homicidal hanging of a young Sikh individual found hanging in a well. It became evident from the results of forensic autopsy that the victim had first been given alcohol mixed with pesticides and then hanged by his turban from a well. The rare combination of lynching (homicidal hanging) and use of organo-phosporous pesticide poisoning as a means of homicide are discussed in this paper.

Language: en