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Probe report in Sagar-Runi murder case deferred for 131th time
New date set for 9 December
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 05 Nov 2026, 06:20 PM
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Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam passed
the order as the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) failed to submit the report
on the scheduled date, said Prosecution Division Sub-Inspector Rafikul Islam.
The journalist couple was brutally murdered at their
rented flat in the city’s West Rajabazar on 11 February 2012, in the presence
of their then four-year-old son, Mahir Sarwar Megh.
Runi’s brother, Nawser Alam, later filed a murder
case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station.
Initially, the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka
Metropolitan Police (DMP) was entrusted with investigating the murder case,
which was later transferred to the RAB. The elite crime-busting agency failed
to submit the investigation report despite seeking time 111 times over the past
12 years.
On 30 September 2024, the High Court ordered the
formation of a high-powered task force through the Ministry of Home Affairs to
probe the case.
The government formed a four-member task force on 23
October 2024 through a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs,
with the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) named as the task force convener.