Khoda death: Cops say can’t rule out homicidal hanging

In a case of homicide by hanging, a person is rendered senseless and then hanged to simulate suicidal death

Four days after a 12-year-old boy was found hanging from the door handle of his house in Khoda, police on Thursday said the postmortem report has stated that the possibility of ‘homicidal hanging’ cannot be ruled out. Police said on the basis of the post mortem findings, they are probing the role of any suspect who could have given way to the incident.

At the victim’s house after the incident on Sunday. (HT File Photo)

“An autopsy was conducted at a hospital in Delhi. Doctors have said that the possibility of homicidal hanging cannot be ruled out. Besides, the report states that the hyoid bone — which generally breaks on normal hanging — was not found broken. This raised our suspicion about a possible involvement of outsiders,” said Ravi Kumar, assistant superintendent of police (Indirapuram).

In a case of homicide by hanging, a person is rendered senseless and then hanged to simulate suicidal death.

Victim Sunny’s father had gone for work and his mother and sister were not at home when the incident took place, police said. He was later found in a sitting position with a duppata tied around his throat, and that was tied to the door handle. Following the discovery, the victim’s family had lodged a case of murder.