title: Double Hanging with Single Ligature: An Unusual Method in Suicide Pact.
abstract: A married casual labor couple was found hanging in their makeshift bedroom with each end of a single chunni (a cloth worn around the neck by Indian women) spread across an iron bar below the roof. They left their two children, daughter, and son of 4 and 3 yrs age, respectively, with their grandmother living separately nearby, and went to attend cremation of one of their relatives. They returned late in the evening and found hanging in their bedroom next morning by neighbors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
authors.forename: Chittaranjan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Behera
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, -411013, India.
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rautji
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
authors.forename: Shashank
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pooniya
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
authors.forename: Piyush
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
authors.forename: Sudhir Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D018454:Spouses; D013405:Suicide
keywords: couple; forensic pathology; forensic science; hanging; single ligature; suicide pact