A remand prisoner at the Lusignan jail was stabbed to death yesterday by another prisoner over bed space.

The dead prisoner has been identified as Mahash Rajpaul who was on remand for murder. His assailant has been identified Rajkumar Singh who is also on remand for murder.

The incident reportedly took place at around 2:50 pm on Monday.

In a statement, the Prison Service said prisoner Mahash Rajpaul was accused of walking on the bed space of the other remanded inmate.

The two got into an altercation and it was then that Rajpaul was stabbed with an improvised weapon to his chest. 

The injured prisoner was taken to the prison infirmary before the assistance of an ambulance was sought to transfer him to the Georgetown Hospital.  He died before being transported. 

The assailant was moved to another section of the prison as investigations are being conducted. The murder weapon has since been recovered.

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