In a firearm injury, there is burning, blacking, tattooing around the wound, along with cherry red colour of the surrounding tissues and is cruciate in shape, the injury is -: (A) Close shot entry, (B) Close contact exit, (C) Contact shot entry, (D) Distant shot entry
Answer is C. the synopsis of forensic medicine & toxicology ;Dr k.s narayan reddy ; 28th edition ;pg.no 130 The description of the above injury matches that of a contact shot .