*Assistant Professor, Dep. of Forensic Medicine, BPSGMC for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana. E-mail: dryogendermalik@gmail.com
**Prof and Head, Dept. of FMT, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati
***SR, Dept. of Onco-Surgery, Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak
****Dental Surgeon, Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak
*****Medical officer, Haryana Civil Medical Services
Online published on 27 November, 2013.
The violence is endemic in nature with periods of exacerbation and remissions. It is a dynamic process. Weapons are easily available especially in NE Region of country legal as well as illegal. All these have increased rate of trauma, of which, head trauma is amongst commonest, vital and inescapable consequence. Out of Total 70 homicide cases during study period of 1st August, 2009 to 31st July 2010, 82.2% had head injury component. Most common weapon used was blunt weapons (44.83%). Defence wounds were absent in 95% cases. Contusions (44.83%) were commonest scalp injury. Fissure fracture is most common skull fracture followed by depressed fracture and most common intracranial haemorrhage was subdural. Head injury was cause of death in 65.52% cases of homicides with head injury component. Correct interpretation of head injuries is vital for reconstruction of events for Forensic Medicine as well as for providing correct data to policy makers.
Violence, Homicide, Weapons, Trauma, Injuries
