Citation

Farooqui JM, Farooqui AA, Mukherjee BB, Manjhi SN. Med. Sci. Law 2015; 56(3): 233-236.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Rural Medical College of Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Loni Bk, Tal. Rahata, Dist. Ahmednagar, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0025802415588991

PMID

26113544

Abstract

Suicidal deaths involving explosives are rare. Their occurrence depends on both the availability of materials and the victim's expertise in handling explosive material. We report here a rare case from India of non-terrorist suicidal death involving explosives. The victim was around 25 years old, a blaster by occupation. He committed suicide by detonating dynamite in his mouth. The materials he used to operate this explosion were found near his body at the crime scene. There was characteristic bilateral symmetrical laceration around the oral cavity. Considering all the facts of the case in relation to history, location, nature, distribution and extent of injuries and recovered material at crime scene enables the cause and manner of death to be ascertained.

Language: en