Concealment of homicidal strangulation by various means: A case series

Strangulation injuries indicate a wide range of traumatic events which involve the application of external mechanical force, either by ligature or manual force known as throttling, to the neck and surrounding structures. It is a form of mechanical asphyxial death that can lead to a rapid decrease in cerebral oxygenation and immediate death. It is mostly homicidal in manner; however, cases of accidental and suicidal strangulation were also reported. In many cases, the assailant tried to dispose of the body to conceal the crime by throwing the body in a water canal, by burning the body, by putting the body on a railway track, throwing the body in far-flung areas, by burial, etc. However, in some instances, when some family members and close relatives are involved in the crime, they try to criminate the body by claiming the death as natural. Here, the authors discussing three different cases of strangulation, two by ligature where in one case the accused strangulate the deceased and putted the body in the fields and family members tried to criminate the body by claiming death as natural and in another assailant through the body in water canal and one by throttling where the victim was throttled and body was thrown in the fields.