DHAKA NEWS
Dhaka, Apr 26 After carrying out fresh autopsies on 'highly decomposed' bodies, the forensic expert has said it was not still clear how journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi had died nearly two and a half months back.
"The muscles and skin have mostly moved away from the bones. The organs couldn't be recognised properly," Dr Kazi Golam Mokhlesur Rahman, chief of the Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, told reporters at its morgue on Thursday.
"However, we've collected some samples from their bodies for viscera tests," he added.
Sagar, news editor at private TV channel Maasranga, and Runi, a senior reporter at another TV channel ATN Bangla, were killed in the early hours of Feb 11 at their rented apartment in the city's West Rajabazar.
The remains of their bodies were exhumed from Azimpur Graveyard on Thursday morning in presence of executive magistrate Shahiduzzaman for fresh autopsies to crack the mystery surrounding the homicide.
Apart from DMCH forensics chief Dr Rahman, assistant professor Dr Kamrul Hasan and lecturer Dr Parvez Iftekhar carried out the re-autopsy.
The bodies were buried again around 5:15pm in presence of Runi's brother Nowsher Alam Ruman and Sagar's brother-in-law Shah Md Shariful Islam, sub-inspector at the RAB headquarters Abu Hossain confirmed bdnews24.com.
After the re-autopsy, Mokhlesur Rahman told reporters that the bodies were exhumed to find out the answers to the some questions – whether the couple were poisoned to death and who had died earlier.
Asked whether it was possible to find now if the couple were poisoned to death, Dr Rahman said, "Traces of poisons generally do not last long in most cases. But there are some evidence that do remain in the body for long."
When asked why no viscera test was done or no evidence was preserved during the first autopsy, he said the police investigation officer did want ed to know the reasons of the deaths.
"He had not spoken about the suspicion that they might have been poisoned. We would have conducted chemical test if we had been told about the suspicion," he added.
Following the brutal murders, Runi's brother filed a case with the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station but the Detective Branch (DB) of police failed to make any visible headway into the investigation.
The High Court on Apr 18 vented frustration over the failure of the detectives in identifying the killer(s) and ordered the authorities to transfer the case to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
The court also asked the elite crime-bustling force to complete the case within a short time using modern technologies.
On Tuesday, the RAB forensic wing's assistant superintendent of police Jafar Ullah, who is investigating the case, appealed for exhuming the bodies for visceral examination and other forensic tests as those had not been done earlier.
Magistrate Bikash Kumar Saha of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court approved the plea and asked for an executive magistrate to be assigned to supervise the whole affair.
Sagar's brother-in-law Shariful Islam, who was present at the DMCH morgue, told reporters they hoped the exhumation and fresh autopsies of the bodies by the RAB did not go in vain. "We want a positive outcome this time."
"The muscles and skin have mostly moved away from the bones. The organs couldn't be recognised properly," Dr Kazi Golam Mokhlesur Rahman, chief of the Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, told reporters at its morgue on Thursday.
"However, we've collected some samples from their bodies for viscera tests," he added.
Sagar, news editor at private TV channel Maasranga, and Runi, a senior reporter at another TV channel ATN Bangla, were killed in the early hours of Feb 11 at their rented apartment in the city's West Rajabazar.
The remains of their bodies were exhumed from Azimpur Graveyard on Thursday morning in presence of executive magistrate Shahiduzzaman for fresh autopsies to crack the mystery surrounding the homicide.
Apart from DMCH forensics chief Dr Rahman, assistant professor Dr Kamrul Hasan and lecturer Dr Parvez Iftekhar carried out the re-autopsy.
The bodies were buried again around 5:15pm in presence of Runi's brother Nowsher Alam Ruman and Sagar's brother-in-law Shah Md Shariful Islam, sub-inspector at the RAB headquarters Abu Hossain confirmed bdnews24.com.
After the re-autopsy, Mokhlesur Rahman told reporters that the bodies were exhumed to find out the answers to the some questions – whether the couple were poisoned to death and who had died earlier.
Asked whether it was possible to find now if the couple were poisoned to death, Dr Rahman said, "Traces of poisons generally do not last long in most cases. But there are some evidence that do remain in the body for long."
When asked why no viscera test was done or no evidence was preserved during the first autopsy, he said the police investigation officer did want ed to know the reasons of the deaths.
"He had not spoken about the suspicion that they might have been poisoned. We would have conducted chemical test if we had been told about the suspicion," he added.
Following the brutal murders, Runi's brother filed a case with the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station but the Detective Branch (DB) of police failed to make any visible headway into the investigation.
The High Court on Apr 18 vented frustration over the failure of the detectives in identifying the killer(s) and ordered the authorities to transfer the case to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
The court also asked the elite crime-bustling force to complete the case within a short time using modern technologies.
On Tuesday, the RAB forensic wing's assistant superintendent of police Jafar Ullah, who is investigating the case, appealed for exhuming the bodies for visceral examination and other forensic tests as those had not been done earlier.
Magistrate Bikash Kumar Saha of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court approved the plea and asked for an executive magistrate to be assigned to supervise the whole affair.
Sagar's brother-in-law Shariful Islam, who was present at the DMCH morgue, told reporters they hoped the exhumation and fresh autopsies of the bodies by the RAB did not go in vain. "We want a positive outcome this time."
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