3 sensational murder cases on priority list

The government yesterday added three murder cases, including that of journalist couple Sagar and Runi, on the list of sensational cases under the home ministry's monitoring cell.
The other two cases involve the killings of Saudi diplomat Khalaf Al Ali and workers' leader Aminul Islam, said Home Minister Shahara Khatun after a meeting of the monitoring cell.
Replying to a question, Shahara said no timeframe would be set to complete the investigations into these three cases. However, the investigation officers were asked to complete their tasks as early as possible, she added.
Though the cases have been brought under the monitoring cell, the investigation officers will not be changed, she said.
The meeting reviewed the progress of investigations into 11 cases and ordered investigators to submit charge sheets in three of those cases within a week as the probes into the issues had completed.
The cases relate to the killing of six students in a mob beating in Savar, Rajshahi University student Faruque Hossain murder and Alif murder at Gulshan in Dhaka.
Maasranga Television news editor Sagar Sarowar and ATN Bangla senior reporter Meherun Runi were found murdered in their rented flat in the capital's West Rajabazar on Feb 11.
Saudi diplomat Khalaf Al Ali was shot dead by some unidentified people before his Gulshan residence on March 6.
On April 5, the body of workers' leader Aminul Islam was found near a college in Ghatail, Tangail. He had been missing since the evening of the previous day.