RECENT TRENDS OF FATAL FIREARM CAUSALITIES CASES IN VARANASI REGION (INDIA)

Authors

  • Neha Chaurasia SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, DEPT. OF FORENSIC MEDICINE IMS-BHU, VARANASI.

Keywords:

Epidemiology, Pathological aspects, Group rivalry

Abstract

Use of firearm is a worldwide increasing and Varanasi is no exception to this. This is due to increasing number of hijacking, urban terrorism, dacoity, rioting, robberies, smuggling of drugs, political motivation, personal and group rivalry, quarrel over land, Property, caste feuds and the like. In present study fifty four cases of fatal firearm injury has been drawn from the medico legal autopsies brought to the mortuary of Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. India, during the period from 1 June, 2009 to 31th December 2012, were studied for a detailed epidemiological and medico legal analysis. The paper highlights the important facts that out of total 7290 autopsies conducted during the above period 96 (1.32%) victims had had died due to fatal firearm injury and to know the common victim of fatal firearm injury, sex and age, range of fire, vital parts involved. The main purpose of study to view their various epidemiological, motivational and pathological aspects in order to fill-up lacunae and also to add to the body of the knowledge regarding the cases and help the scientific crime investigation.

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2014-04-30

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Vol. 3 No. 5 (2014): April 2014

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