Sagar-Runi murder probe deadline extended for 122nd time, new date 5 Jan
The journalist couple was murdered at their rented flat in the city's West Rajabazar on 11 February 2012.
A Dhaka court today (30 November) set 5 January 2026 for filing the probe report in the case lodged over the sensational murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, extending the deadline for the 122nd time.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam passed the order, allowing the prosecution's time petition as the investigation agency again failed to submit the report today.
The journalist couple was 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, filed the case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station.
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Initially, the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police was tasked with the investigation. The charge was later transferred to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), which failed to submit the probe report despite taking time for 111 times over the past 12 years.
On 30 September 2024, the High Court ordered the formation of a high-powered task force under the Ministry of Home Affairs, removing RAB from the assignment.
The government subsequently formed a four-member task force on 23 October 2024, through a Home Ministry notification. The committee was directed to submit its findings within six months.
According to the notification, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) was named the task force convener.
