What is Psychological Autopsy? A very heart-wrenching incident has come to light from Rangpuri area of Delhi. Where a father along with his four daughters has committed suicide. This case of Rangpuri area of South-West Delhi is reminiscent of the Burari incident that took place in the year 2018. Where 11 people of the same family have committed suicide. In the case of Rangpuri, it is also being said that the father first murdered his four daughters and then committed suicide.
At present Delhi Police is investigating this matter. Now Delhi Police is going to conduct psychological autopsy in this case. What is psychological autopsy? How is it used? Let us tell you.
What is psychological autopsy?
When someone dies, autopsy of his body is done. In which the dead body is examined. Similarly, Psychological Autopsy is the examination of someone’s brain after his death. In this case of Rangpuri, Delhi Police suspects that Hiralal, the father of the four daughters, first killed his daughters and then committed suicide.
The police will now try to find out through psychological autopsy why Hiralal took such a step. In psychological autopsy, the police tries to check the mental condition of the person. And it is ascertained under what circumstances the step of death is taken. A team of experts is prepared. Which completes the process of psychological autopsy.
How does psychological autopsy work?
In psychological autopsy, a team is formed with experts from different fields apart from psychologists and psychiatrists. Through this, an attempt is made to understand the mental condition of the person doing it and the circumstances surrounding him at the time of death. A lot of data is also collected for this. In which police reports, interviews of known people, social media or any online activity, previous records of mental illness are seen.
By collecting all this data, a pattern is prepared understanding the stress in the life of the deceased person, his mental state and his recent behavior. What was his mental condition when he committed the incident? A report is prepared by collecting information about all these things. It’s called psychological autopsy
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