A CHILD killer is suspected to have been murdered after being held hostage in a prison cell by fellow inmates.

Subhan Anwar , 24, was jailed for murdering his partner's daughter Sanam Navsarka, two, who suffered 107 injuries at his hands during a month of shocking torture.

Two prisoners are being held on suspicion of murder after Anwar was found dead in a cell at the high-security Long Lartin jail, in Worcestershire, on Thursday.

Anwar was jailed for a minimum 23 years in 2009, while his partner Zahbeena Navsarka was found guilty of manslaughter and given nine years in prison.

Anwar and Navsarka, from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, tried to claim Sanam had stopped breathing after they left her alone in the bath for 10 minutes.

But it was found Sanam had 107 separate external injuries when she died.

As well as putting her in a tumble dryer, Anwar dumped her in the bin as her mother looked on.

The two prisoners being held by West Mercia Police on suspicion of Anwar's murder are aged 45 and 47 and understood to be serving life sentences. A spokesman said: "The body of the man was found by prison officers just before 8pm on Thursday, February 14."

A Prison Service spokeswoman said: "An incident at HMP Long Lartin on February 14 resulted in the death of prisoner Subhan Anwar. Two prisoners are in police custody and the matter is being investigated."