1Department of Forensic Medicine, Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Irungalur, Trichy, India
2Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, India
3Department of the Forensic Medicine, Meenakshi Medical College, Kanchipuram, India
*Corresponding Author Dr. G. Bala Maddileti (Associate Professor), E-mail: drbala44@gmail.com, Mobile: 9949225606, 9597483414
Online published on 15 May, 2021.
Female burns are the burning problem of Indian society. Accidental, suicidal and homicidal burns have been reported in the women. A circumstantial approach is required to analyse the circumstances of female burns. A retrospective study of medicolegal autopsies was carried out for autopsies conducted between January 2016 and December, 2018 in the mortuary of the Government Medical College, Anantapuramu. The majority of incidents happened in the kitchen; frequently in the evening hours. Most of the homicidal and accidental burns were first noticed by their husbands or in-laws. The majority of them rescued either by in-laws, husbands or neighbors. In large number of cases police was intimated by the medical officer as a part of their duty.
Burning, Kerosene stoves, Rescue measures, Injuries, Medicolegal autopsies, Police intimation
