Journalist couple murdered in capital

Five-year old son finds bodies of parents in a pool of blood at 7am -- ATN Bangla's Runi and Maasranga TV's Sagar Sarowar. With more info

Dhaka, Feb 11 (bdnews24.com)—Two well-known TV journalists have apparently been murdered in yet unexplained circumstances at their Dhaka home where they lived with their only child, police and family said.

Bodies of ATN Bangla senior reporter Meherun Runi, in her mid-30s, and husband Maasranga Television news editor Golam Mustofa Sarowar, known as Sagar Sarowar, 37, were first discovered by their 5–year-old son on Saturday morning at their rented flat at west Rajabazar in the capital.

A police officer told bdnews24.com that they were killed in the early hours of Saturday. Police have detained a security guard for questioning.

"We have detained the building's security guard Polash Rudro Paul for questioning," said Zakir Hossain Mollah, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station officer-in-charge. "The matter is still unclear. We are investigating."

Runi's brother Nowsher Roman told bdnews24.com: "My five-year old nephew Megh found the bodies when he went to their bedroom after waking up around 7am. He then called our mother and told her."

Sagar's hands and legs were found tied, and both of them had apparently been hit repeatedly with sharp weapons.

The couple used to live on a fourth-floor flat of a multistoried apartment complex on 58/A/2 holding of the area. The grill of a kitchen window was found cut, Roman added.

Tejgaon police deputy commissioner Imam Hossain told journalists that the opening of the grill was such that only a child could enter.

"Security guard Paul has told us that Sagar returned home around 2am. He did not see anyone unknown entering the building after that. Our Detective Branch is already on the field to probe the killing," he added.

Sagar returned to Bangladesh in 2011 after a few years in Bonn, working for Deutsche Welle as a broadcaster and a reporter. He had previously been with Ittefaq, Jugantor and Sangbad among other news outlets.

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