Turn in report by Aug 13,court asks Rab
A Dhaka court yesterday asked the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to submit a probe report before it by August 13 in journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi murder case.
The Rab did not submit any written reply to the court, even though three orders were earlier issued for submitting the investigation report of the case. On March 18, Wares Ali, assistant superintendent of police of the Rab and also the investigation officer of the case, took over the charge of investigation into the case and submitted a progress report to the court on March 20 as per directives of the High Court.
On March 10, the Rab submitted to the High Court a progress report on the investigation of the murder case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Anwar Sadat passed the order as Wares Ali failed to submit the probe report yesterday as per the court's May 25 order.
Police have so far arrested eight accused, including the guard of the victims' residence, who are now behind bars.
Sagar Sarowar, news editor of private TV station Maasranga, and his wife Meherun Runi, senior reporter of another channel ATN Bangla, had been killed at their rented flat in the capital's West Rajabazar on February 11, 2012.
Their only son Mahir Sarowar Megh, then 5, was at home at that time.
The Detective Branch of police was first tasked with probing the twin murder. It detained four suspects and interrogated some 40 people.
Frustrated with the DB's performance, the High Court in April 2012 handed over the case to the Rab. The Rab interrogated as many as 100 people.
In October 2012, the then home minister announced a bounty of Tk 10 lakh for helping law enforcers nab Humayun Kabir, the guard at Sagar-Runi's residence who was on the run.
Humayun was arrested on February 9 last year, but there has been no progress in the case since then.
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