Double Hanging with Single Ligature: An Unusual Method in Suicide Pact |
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Authors: | Chittaranjan Behera M.D. Ravi Rautji M.D. Rajesh Kumar M.D. Shashank Pooniya M.D. Piyush Sharma M.D. Sudhir Kumar Gupta M.D. |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India;2. Department of Forensic Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India |
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Abstract: | A married casual labor couple was found hanging in their makeshift bedroom with each end of a single chunni (a cloth worn around the neck by Indian women) spread across an iron bar below the roof. They left their two children, daughter, and son of 4 and 3 yrs age, respectively, with their grandmother living separately nearby, and went to attend cremation of one of their relatives. They returned late in the evening and found hanging in their bedroom next morning by neighbors. |
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Keywords: | forensic science forensic pathology suicide pact couple hanging single ligature |
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