Arrest real killers of Sagar, Runi

Journalist leaders yesterday set a fresh deadline till November 24 for arresting the "real killers" of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Mehrun Runi.
They stressed the need for proper investigation to find out the motive of the killing, and also declared to hold a grand rally on October 25 to this end.
"As four of the arrestees are professional killers, the journalist community wants to know who had used them to kill the couple and what was their motive," said Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club.
The president of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) demanded the government find out the culprits who had masterminded the killings.
Sagar Sarwar, news editor of private channel Maasranga Television, and his wife Mehrun Runi, senior reporter of TV channel ATN Bangla, were killed in their West Rajabazar home in the city on February 11.
On October 9, the home minister named seven suspects in the brutal murder of the journalist couple.
During yesterday's press briefing, the journalist leaders placed various other demands including the right to establish trade union in all media houses, regular salary based on journalists' wage board and payment of arrears.
They will also hold a rally in front of the Jatiya Press Club on November 8 in support of their demands.
Ruhul Amin Gazi, president of another faction of the BFUJ, also spoke on the occasion.