Journos demand arrest of Sagar-Runi killers by Jan 19
Threaten tougher movement otherwise
Journalists stage a sit-in in front of the Gate No 2 of Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital yesterday demanding arrest of the killers of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi by January 19. Photo: STAR
Journalists' leaders yesterday threatened to launch tougher movement if the killers of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi were not arrested by January 19. "We will declare tougher agitation programme from a grand rally on January 20 if the law enforcement agencies failed to arrest the killers by the deadline," said Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, president of a faction of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ). He was addressing a rally of several hundred journalists who staged a sit-in in front of the Secretariat for around two-hour. No visitor or staff was allowed in or out of the Secretariat as the authorities sealed all entrances during the protest. The BFUJ, the Dhaka Union of Journalists, Jatiya Press Club, and Dhaka Reporters Unity jointly organised the programme. Criticising the home minister's recent comments that no one can create pressure on him by besieging the ministry, Ruhul Amin Gazi, president of the other faction of the BFUJ, said the home minister would feel the pressure of journalists on January 20. Boishakhi Television CEO Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul said the verdict on the Saudi Embassy official Khalaf murder case came within a short time for the Saudi authorities' demand. He wondered if the journalists would seek Saudi's assistance for the trial of Sagar-Runi killing. Abdul Jalil Bhuyian, secretary general of a faction of the BFUJ, said the journalists' movement would continue until Sagar and Runi's killers were arrested and brought to trial. Sagar Sarowar, a news editor of Maasranga TV, and his wife Meherun Runi, a senior reporter of ATN Bangla, were killed on February 11, 2011.
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