A Study of Homicidal Deaths in Kalaburagi

One of the oldest crimes in human civilization is killing of one person by another. With passage of time the manner of homicide is being changing. The present study is carried out from January 2015 to December 2015 at Department of Forensic Medicine, Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Kalaburagi, Karnataka, to know the incidence of homicidal deaths in Kalaburagi. As GIMS is a Government Institution almost all the autopsies of homicidal deaths in Kalaburagi are carried out here. During the present study period we have conducted 659 autopsies out of which 37 were alleged homicidal deaths. It formed 5.61% of all the autopsies performed. Homicidal deaths due to blunt trauma are most common followed by burns and sharp weapon injuries. We also observed that most of the victims belonged to the age group 21 to 40 and males outnumbered the females. There was not a single case of infanticide or homicide by firearm during the study period.