Sagar-Runi murder report deferred again

A Dhaka court has granted more time to investigators, probing the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi for submitting their report.

Investigating officer, RAB's Assistant Superintendent of Police Wares Ali sought more time from the court of Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tareque Moinul Islam Bhuiyan on Wednesday.

The court accepted his plea and set Sept 18 as the new date for submission of the probe report.

The deadline for submission of the report has been rescheduled for the 27th time.

Court police's registrar sub-inspector Humayun Kabir told bdnews24.com: "Wares Ali had sent a progress report to the court on Tuesday, where he stated that there were some developments in the probe"

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In 2012, Maasranga Television News Editor Sagar Sarowar and ATN Bangla Senior Reporter Meherun Runi were stabbed to death in the bedroom of their apartment in Dhaka's Razabazaar area.

After police failed to achieve a breakthrough in the case, the High Court asked the RAB to take over the probe on Apr 18, 2012.

On Feb 18, the bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Ullah summoned the investigating officer after three suspects in the case filed bail petitions.

The RAB sent DNA samples of 16 suspects to the US along with a knife and some clothes as evidence from the spot of crime.

But the killers could not be identified as yet.

In October 2013, then Home Minister MK Alamgir said eight killers had been identified and seven of them had already been arrested.

Neither journalists nor the families of the victims found the version credible as five of them were accused in the murder of Dr Nitai Chandra Dey, the leader of an organisation representing doctors.
 

RAB now says none of the killers have been conclusively identified.