UNB, Dhaka :
A High Court bench on Tuesday declined to hear the bail petition of Tanvir Rahman in the Sagar-Runi murder case. The HC bench comprising Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore returned the bail petition citing personal reasons, said Tanvir’s counsel Fawzia Karim.
She said, they would file the bail petition with another HC bench for hearing.
Fawzia said, Tanvir, Scholastica School deputy manager and a friend of the slain journalist couple, has been illegally detained since October 2012 as a killer suspect.
Sagar Sarowar, news editor at private TV channel Maasranga, and his wife Meherun Runi, a senior reporter at another TV channel, ATN Bangla, were killed in the small hours on February 11, 2012 at their rented apartment in the capital’s West Rajabazar.
A case was later filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station over the gory incident.
Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on July 13 filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the validity of the detention of Tanvir Rahman in the Sagar-Runi murder case, and also sought bail for him.
Fawzia Karim said there is no specific allegation against Tanvir in connection with the journalist couple murder case.
Even his name was not mentioned in the First Information Report (FIR) and so far no information was available after interrogating him in custody, she said.
A High Court bench on Tuesday declined to hear the bail petition of Tanvir Rahman in the Sagar-Runi murder case. The HC bench comprising Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore returned the bail petition citing personal reasons, said Tanvir’s counsel Fawzia Karim.
She said, they would file the bail petition with another HC bench for hearing.
Fawzia said, Tanvir, Scholastica School deputy manager and a friend of the slain journalist couple, has been illegally detained since October 2012 as a killer suspect.
Sagar Sarowar, news editor at private TV channel Maasranga, and his wife Meherun Runi, a senior reporter at another TV channel, ATN Bangla, were killed in the small hours on February 11, 2012 at their rented apartment in the capital’s West Rajabazar.
A case was later filed with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station over the gory incident.
Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on July 13 filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the validity of the detention of Tanvir Rahman in the Sagar-Runi murder case, and also sought bail for him.
Fawzia Karim said there is no specific allegation against Tanvir in connection with the journalist couple murder case.
Even his name was not mentioned in the First Information Report (FIR) and so far no information was available after interrogating him in custody, she said.
