Avinash Ramgotee was found dead on 15 August 2026 in his cell at Melrose Prison. Initial findings suggest an alleged suicide by hanging. ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐, ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐.
I happened to know Avinash through my Prison Smart Programme and he truly impressed me. He’s effectively used his 13 years of incarceration to embrace a transformative path focused on personal growth, spiritual discipline, inner peace and a constant pursuit of deeper meaning.
The other inmates thought highly of him and I often sought his help to explain in more common language and in simplified terms the ways to reduce stress, heal trauma and how to handle negative emotions in order to live to one’s highest potential and contribute to society in a positive way.
Teaching to such inmates at Melrose prison changed my perspective. The programme created a space where sharing goes both ways, and listening to inmates like Avinash on the inside often taught me more about humanity, repentance, raw honesty, resilience, mutual growth and life than any formal lesson plan ever could.
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ก; ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ๐. I๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ “ h๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ “, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.
Don’t u think it is entirely natural for me to have my doubts and seek clarity when a death in custody feels so sudden and out of character?
๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ‘๐
๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ” ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก. 
