"Page 236," Das said softly. "Fracture of the hyoid bone. Common in throttling, rare in hanging."
: Chief of the Poison Control Centre and Clinical Forensic Unit, as well as Professor and Head of Forensic Medicine and Medical Toxicology at Amrita School of Medicine , Cochin.
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Rohan looked at the senior professor with admiration. "You knew just from the riverbank, sir. Is that why they call you the 'Walking Pillay'?"
The SI stepped forward, frowning. "But he was found in the water." "Page 236," Das said softly
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"I am not the author, Rohan," Das said. "I am merely a student of his work. Dr. Pillay didn't just write a book; he gave us a lens through which to view the dead. He taught us that forensic medicine isn't about gore. It is about justice. It is about translating the silence of the victim into a language the court can understand." It is the only textbook in this field
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