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."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article