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Second Arrest in HMP Highpoint Murder Investigation as Police Identify Victim

A Home Office post-mortem has been completed, with the cause of death still under investigation.

Overview

  • Suffolk Police arrested a second inmate, a man in his 30s, on February 3 on suspicion of murder and took him to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre for questioning.
  • The deceased has been named as 28-year-old Rawal Krishan, and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has opened an investigation.
  • A man in his 20s was arrested on January 30 on suspicion of murder and has been released back into prison custody while under investigation.
  • Police say Krishan was allegedly attacked by another prisoner on January 23, was treated at Addenbrooke's Hospital, returned to HMP Highpoint, then was readmitted and died on January 27.
  • A Home Office post-mortem was carried out on January 30, and detectives continue to work with HMP Highpoint as specialist officers support the family.