RAB trying to crack Sagar-Runi murder case quickly: IGP

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary on Tuesday said Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is putting in its best efforts to crack the murder case of journalist couple Sagar and Runi soon, reports UNB.

“RAB has been investigating the murder and regularly submitting their progress reports to the court following a High Court order. Certainly, RAB continued their highest efforts to debunk the mystery behind the murder,” he said.

The police chief was inaugurating a Police Officers’ Mess in Barguna in the afternoon.

Maasranga Television news editor Sagar Sarowar and his wife Meherun Runi, senior reporter of ATN Bangla, were found dead at their rented apartment in the city’s West Rajabazar area on 11 February 2012.

Police arrested Tanvir in connection with the murder on 1 October 2012. Later, he secured bail in 2014.

The court on 14 November 2019 also exempted suspect Md Tanvir Rahman from court appearance until the investigation report is submitted in the case.