Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday handed over the deed of a three-katha plot in Purbachal to Mahir Sarowar Megh, son of slain journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.
The chief adviser formally handed over the deed to Megh at the state guest house Jamuna in the afternoon.
Journalist Sagar Sarowar had applied for the plot in 2004 and was allotted it in 2005. Despite completing the full payment in 2009, the family was not given the ownership of the plot by the previous Awami League government.
Currently, Sagar鈥檚 mother Saleha Monir and his son Megh are the legal inheritors of the property.
During the deed handover, the chief adviser inquired about the progress of the investigation into the Sagar-Runi murder case.
鈥楽uch prolonged delays in investigation create public resentment and frustrate people over the legal system,鈥� Professor Yunus said and directed the authorities concerned to complete the much-talked-about murder case investigation soon.
Speaking on the occasion, housing and public works adviser Adilur Rahman Khan said that the current investigating agency, the police bureau of investigation, had learned that many evidences had been destroyed due to prolonged delays in the investigation process.
Megh presented the chief adviser with a jersey and a bag designed by himself.
Education adviser Professor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar, fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter, environment, forest and climate change and water resources adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha chairman Md Riazul Islam and Meherun Runi鈥檚 brother Nawazesh Alam Roman were present, among others.
