This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Death and Investigations, Subject name: Forensic Medicine
Most common cause of death in Electrocution is: 
Select and explain. 
A. Respiratory muscle paralysis, B. Ventricular fibrillation, C. Asphyxia, D. Regurgitation of fluids
B: Ventricular fibrillation
Answer: B: Ventricular fibrillation 
Explanation: (Ventricular fibrillation) (4.178, 4.182-P)ELECTROCUTION - Condemned person is strapped wooden chair, one cap like electrode is placed over his shaved scalp, moistened with a conducting paste, and the other on one leg. An alternating current of 7.5 amperes at a pressure of about 2.000 volts, is passed through the body for about a minute and repeated once again for a similar period to ensure that life is extinct. The brain is heated to 63degC and vaculation around the blood vessels has been noted.Cause of death - Death is due to electrothermal injuries from high voltage direct current or involvement of the CNS with paralysis of cardiac or respiratory centre.* Sudden death occurs due to ventricular fibrillation.