Sagar-Runi Murder: Rab fails yet another probe report deadline

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to submit by December 29 the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.

With yesterday's date, the investigation officer has so far taken 76 dates to complete the investigation.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury passed the order after Rab's Additional Superintendent Khondoker Shafiqul Alam, also investigation officer of the case, failed to submit the report yesterday.

Earlier on November 11 last year, the High Court expressed disappointment at the lack of significant progress in the investigation into the sensational murder case.

Sagar Sarwar, news editor at private TV channel Maasranga, and his wife Meherun Runi, a senior reporter at ATN Bangla, were killed in the early hours of February 11, 2012 in their rented flat in the capital's West Razabazar. Rab was tasked with the probe on April 18, 2012.

At least eight people, including suspects Rafiqul Islam, Bakul Miah, Masum Mintu, Kamrul Hasan alias Arun, Abu Sayeed, and two security guards of the couple's house Palash Rudra Paul and Enamul Hoque, and the couple's "family friend" Tanveer Rahman had been arrested in connection with the murder.