An unusual suicide with parenteral copper sulphate poisoning: a case report

A 22-year-old unmarried, male painter was found by neighbouring shopkeepers to be rolling on the ground inside his shop due to severe abdominal pain. The man had tried to commit suicide by intravenously injecting a solution of copper sulphate, used as an antifouling agent in paints. He was taken to the local hospital with severe epigastric pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. His condition worsened after three days and he was transferred to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, but the victim died on his way to the hospital. His relatives and neighbours confirmed that he had recently been suffering from depression.