The High Court (HC) has issued an order directing the authorities to conclude the long-pending investigation into the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi within six months, UNB reported.
An HC bench, led by Justice Farah Mahbub, passed the order on Wednesday after releasing a full-fledged verdict on the formation of a six-member high-powered task force to probe the killing.
Earlier on 30 September, the HC ordered the formation of the task force to probe the case that remained unsolved for 12 years.
It also directed the Home Ministry to execute the decision after removing the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from the investigation as the elite force had repeatedly been failing to submit the probe report.
The submission date of the probe report on the double murders has been deferred for the 114th time till 15 October.
On October 1 this year, Runi’s brother Nowsher filed a petition with a trial court seeking permission for appointment of nine lawyers to assist the state in the case.
Later, the court appointed nine lawyers, including Supreme Court lawyer Shishir Monir.
On October 10, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam said police started reinvestigating the case.
On February 11, 2012, Sagar Sarowar, news editor at Maasranga Television, and Meherun Runi, senior reporter at ATN Bangla, were brutally murdered in their rented apartment in West Rajabazar in the capital.
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