A comprehensive case study of strangulation by maoists from Chhattisgarh State, India

Abstract

In the Maoists affected area of Chhattisgarh, killing of civilians on the suspicion of being a police informer is common. While Maoists may resort to any method of killing but strangulation was observed to be the uncommon one. Strangulation and hanging can have very similar sets of traumatic pathology1 and can be mistaken for one another. Such cases require rigorous forensic examination involving crime scene inspection, autopsy findings and police investigation. On 11.08.2022, at midnight, police were informed about an incident in which an 18-year-old male was found in a partially hanged position inside his rented house in Tehsil para, Bijapur. Forensic Expert from Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Jagdalpur, Bastar was called for crime scene inspection. Post investigation, the body was sent to District Hospital, Bijapur for autopsy. Here, we are presenting a comprehensive study constituting of both crime scene investigation and autopsy findings to provide a 3600-viewpoint of forensic investigation.