Sagar-Runi murder case: Probe report submission deferred for 144th time
The submission date of the probe report on the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi has been extended for the 114th time till 18 November.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbubul Haque issued the order because Investigation Officer Khondoker Md Shafiqul Alam, who is also an additional superintendent of police at RAB, did not submit the report today (15 October).
Earlier, the High Court removed the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from the investigation into the murder of the journalist couple.
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It also directed the Home Ministry to form a high-powered task force to investigate the case.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Moinul Islam said on 10 October police have started reinvestigating the case.
Sagar Sarwar, news editor of Machranga Television, and his wife Mehrun Runi, senior reporter of ATN Bangla, were murdered on 11 February 2012 in their house in West Rajabazar of the capital.
