TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - A study of fatal strangulation cases in Varanasi (India)
JO  - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
A1  - Srivastava, A. K.
A1  - Das Gupta, S. M.
A1  - Tripathi, Chandra Bhal
SP  - 220
EP  - 224
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
N2  - Strangulation is one of the oldest and widely used methods of committing murder in the Indian subcontinent. It is usually carried out by constricting the neck either with the hands, elbow, or other parts of body or by ligature, stick, and the like. In this paper we report a study of 26 cases of fatal strangulation occurring in the district of Varanasi (India) during 1982-1983 and analyze their epidemiological, medicolegal, and forensic pathological aspects. The paper also projects the mentality of perpetrators who, after strangling their victims, tried to hide the crime by disposing of the dead bodies by burning, burying, hanging, throwing them into water, or concealing them in distant places in most of the cases.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0195-7910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -