Forensic entomology analysis professional help in Karanataka case.

In a sensanational case, one ex-mininster of Karnataka Government was kidnapped in the month of August 2002 by the notorious forest brigand and was held as hostage. The deceased body of the said hostage was found in the month of December 2002 in the forest area near Changadi village of distict, Karnataka. The autopsy on deceased body was conducted and during autopsy the entomological evidence was collected which was referred to Karnataka FSL for analysis. Since the expertise and facilities were not available, the Karnataka FSL further referred the samples to the Medico-legal Institute, Bhopal for professional Help. The present paper is enumerating the valuable entomological analysis about PMI estimation drawn by us, certainly providing the scientific assistance in the forensic entomology. Thus the awareness among the forensic experts to use this Institute as a prime reference center on the subject should be well understood.

Synchronous use of maggots and diatoms in decomposed bodies.

The use of maggots and diatoms conjointly has proved to be an important factor in the medicolegal cases referred with advance decomposition. In practice it is quite much difficult to determine Post Mortem Interval (PMI) and as well as to ascertain ante-mortem drowning factor in the bodies, which are being recovered with advance putrefaction. However the analysis of co-existing evidences associated with corpses viz: Maggots and diatoms may reveal to draw fairly sound inferences, relating to PMI and drowning mode of death as well, especially in the decomposed bodies. Otherwise, it would not be possible to solve the cases of this nature. The present paper enumerates the two case studies recently reported in year 2003 emphasizing about the medicolegal application of both the evidences simultaneously in the cases with advance decomposition.