Staff Reporter :
Mahir Sarowar Megh (10), the only son of slain journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi and only witness of the gruesome murder, on Saturday demanded punishment to the killers.
Megh said this while paying respect by placing floral wreaths at the graves of his parents at Dhaka’s Azimpur graveyard in the morning.
In the morning of February 11, 2012, the bodies of the couple were found at their West Razabazar house. The kitchen’s grills were found cut, apparently in an attempt to show that the couple was killed by robbers or thieves. Runi’s brother Nowsher Ruman a private service holder, expressed dissatisfaction over the investigation progress. He said that they had not been told anything about the probe.
“RAB has told us over the years that ‘headways were being made.’ The only thing we can hope for is a miracle,” he added.
About the delay in cracking the case he said, “There can be two reasons: either it is to protect a very important person or simply because of the incompetency of the law enforcers.”
Nowsher said that it was a shame for the authority that the mystery could not be solved yet.
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police started the investigation after the murder.
Later the case was shifted to the DB police. But on April 18 that year, the High Court transferred the case to RAB after DB expressed inability to solve the case. So far, the court has extended the deadline for submitting the investigation report 47 times – the latest was on Wednesday.
