THE death of a prisoner found hanging in a cell at the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) on the evening of June 13 is being considered as "unclassified" until an autopsy is done.

A senior police source from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations (HBI) told Newsday by telephone on 14 June that they were awaiting the results of the autopsy to determine whether 33-year-old Dhanraj Seukumar, also known as Lallee, had died by suicide or was murdered.

Police said around 4.37 pm on June 13 officers from Arouca were on patrol when they received a report of a man found hanging in a cell at the MSP in Arouca.