Gagging: Accidental, suicidal or religious sacrifice.

ABSTRACT

Gagging involves the obstruction across the mouth or within it. Homicidal gagging especially for infants and disabled is a known entity. Accidental cases are documented for mentally ill and young children. Suicides are rarely reported. Here, we report a case where an apparently healthy, intoxicated, elderly male died of gagging in suspicious circumstances raising doubts about an accidental or suicidal nature of death.