A victim is found dead with bruising of the neck but no ligature mark. Witnesses describe an assailant who seized the victim from behind and compressed the neck within the crook of his flexed elbow. This method of homicidal asphyxia is termed:
- A Mugging ✓
- B Garroting
- C Bansdola
- D Burking
Correct answer: A. Mugging
Explanation
Mugging is strangulation achieved by holding the victim's neck in the flexed elbow, an arm-lock technique that combines vascular compression with airway pressure. Garroting uses a cord tightened by a stick or twisting device, bansdola refers to crushing the chest or neck between bamboo poles or similar rigid objects, and burking is simultaneous smothering and chest compression. Recognising these named methods is standard examination material in Indian forensic medicine.
Reference: Modi's Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, 26th ed.
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