Tuesday, June 26, 2012

IGP claims major progress in Sagar-Runi murder probe,Bangladesh


BANGLADESH NEWS

Law enforcers have made significant progress in the investigation into the murder of journalist couple Sagar and Runi, the police chief told a parliamentary body on Tuesday.

Inspector General of Police Hassan Mahmud Khandaker, however, declined to elaborate the progress to the parliamentary standing committee on home ministry.

Sagar Sarowar, news editor at private TV channel Maasranga, and his wife Meherun Runi, senior reporter at ATN Bangla, were found murdered on February 11 in their rented flat at West Rajabazar in the capital.

Mokhlesur Rahman, director general of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), informed the parliamentary watchdog that they do not have any progress about missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali.

M Ilias Ali, a former lawmaker and BNP Organising Secretary (Sylhet Division) along with his driver has been missing since the night on April 17.

Banani police recovered the abandoned car of Ilias, 48, near his Banani home around 1:30am on the night. They also found the driver's mobile phone on the passenger seat.

The DG also admitted that there is no development into the Saudi diplomat murder case.

Khalaf Al Ali, an official of the Saudi embassy in Dhaka, was shot dead by unidentified miscreants some 30 yards off his house in the city's Gulshan om March 6.

Maj Gen (retd) M Abdus Salam, chief of the parliamentary watchdog, told about the developments of the three sensational cases after emerging from a meeting of the committee at the Jatiya Sangsad.

Lawmaker Salam said the IGP and Rab chief informed the developments of the cases before the committee when asked about its progresses.

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