Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue: 3

Suicide by electrocution with high-voltage current: An unusual way of suicide

  • Author:
  • Indrajit Khandekar, B. H. Tirpude, P. N. Murkey, S. Shende, V. Pawar, S. Singh
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 145 to 148

Department of Forensic Medicine, MGIMS, Sevagram, Dist: Wardha, (Maharashtra).

*Corresponding author: Lecturer, E-mail: ilkhandekar@yahoo.co.in

Abstract

A 26 years old male, a contractor by profession, committed suicide by climbing a pylon carrying high-voltage current wire. The case of suicide by electrocution with high voltage current is presented as use of high tension electric current is relatively infrequent mode of suicide and to highlight findings worth forensic interest.

Keywords

High-voltage electrocution, suicide