Sagar-Runi murder

Probe report submission deferred for 104th time

Probe report submission deferred for 104th time

The probe report submission date in a case filed over the 2012 killing of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi has been deferred for the 104th time.

A Dhaka court on Tuesday extended the date till January 23 for submitting the probe report.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shafiuddin fixed the new date as the Rapid Action Battalion's (RAB) investigation officer failed to submit the report.

Eight people, including Runi's friend Tanvir Rahman, have been accused in the case.

The seven other suspects are Rafiqul Islam, Bakul Mia, Abu Syed, Mintu alias Baggira Mintu alias Masum Mintu, Quamrul Hasan alias Arun, security guard Enam Ahmed alias Humayun Kabir and Palash Rudra Pal.

Sagar, news editor at the private TV channel Maasranga, and his wife, Runi, senior reporter at ATN Bangla, were killed on February 11, 2012, in their rented flat in the capital's West Razabazar area.

Their only son, Mahir Sarowar Megh, then 5, was home at that time.

Nousher Ali Roman, brother of Runi, filed a case at Sher-e-Bangla police station the following day in connection with the murders.