A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday fixed August 11 for submitting the investigation report of the much-talked about murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi as the Police Bureau of Investigation could not submit the report.聽聽聽
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Minhazur Rahman set a new date for submitting the probe report as PBI additional superintendent of police Md Azizul Haque, also the investigation officer of the case failed, said court officials.
PBI additional SP Azizul Haque, however, claimed that it was a date for hearing that took place in every month.
鈥榃e have received six month extension for submitting probe report from the High Court beginning from April 22 this year,鈥� the investigation officer added.聽
Sagar Sarowar, the news editor of private television channel Maasranga, and his wife Meherun Runi, a reporter for ATN Bangla, were both stabbed to death in their rented flat in the capital鈥檚 West Raja Bazar on February 11, 2012.
A day after the killings, Nousher Ali Roman, Runi鈥檚 brother, filed a case with Sher-e-Bangla police station.
The investigation has been handed over to multiple agencies in the past 13 years, including the police, Detective Branch and Rapid Action Battalion. However, none have made any significant progress.
Following the failure of the police, Detective Branch and RAB to resolve the case during the Awami Legue regime ousted on August 5 past year amid a student-led mass uprising, PBI took over the investigation on November 4, 2024 during the interim government.
On April 22, the High Court allowed the PBI an additional six months to complete its investigation into the 2012 murder of journalist couple Sagar-Runi.
