Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue: 1

Fatal homicidal brachial artery injury: A case report

  • Author:
  • C Behera1,, Ravi Rautji2
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 20 to 21

1Department of Forensic Medicine, MAMC, BSZ MargNew Delhi, 110002, India

2Department of Forensic Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India

* Correspondence Dr Chittaranjan Behera Department of Forensic Medicine, MAMC, BSZ Marg, New Delhi, 110002, India drchitta75@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

A young executive was found dead in the early morning on the road near a railway track. He was a known alcoholic. The previous night he had gone to a local liquor shop, located near a railway track, selling cheap, locally made liquor. He was assaulted by some unidentified person, with a sharp weapon, while he was returning to his home after consuming alcohol. He was found dead the next morning.

Keywords

Brachial artery, Stab wound, Alcohol