Citation

Aggarwal NK, Agarwal BB. Med. Sci. Law 1998; 38(3): 263-265.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9717379

Abstract

A 50-year-old female was accidently strangulated when her chunni (a piece of cloth worn around the neck) was caught in the moving wheel of a rickshaw in which she was travelling. She was brought to the nearest hospital and died within 16 hours, remaining unconscious throughout the hospital stay. Cause of death was asphyxia as a result of constriction of the neck by ligature strangulation.

Language: en