DHAKA NEWS
The only child of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi took to the streets Sunday to voice the demand for arrest of his parents' killers.
Mahir Sarowar Megh participated in a human chain formed by journalists in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital.
Runi, a senior reporter at the private TV channel ATN Bangla, and her husband Sagar, a news editor at private TV station Maasranga, were murdered at their West Rajabazar flat in the capital on February 11.
Taking part in the human chain, Runi's brother Nawsher Noman expressed his disappointment that even one month after the murder, the killers are still at large. He demanded immediate arrest of the perpetrators.
Expressing disappointment at the failure to arrest the killers, journalist leader Manjurul Ahsan Khan Bulbul said, "We have been tired of having patient."
"We, the colleagues, cannot stand before the mother of Runi. We cannot stand before the son of Sagar-Runi," he added.
Another journalist leader, Shah Alamgir, said, "We have come here to express our hatred as the murders have not been arrested in a month."
Journalist JE Mamun questioned the government's sincerity in arresting the perpetrators. He said, "The government has to prove its sincerity with work."
Journalists from both the print and electronic media will organise a rally in the capital on March 18 to press home their demand.
The journalist leaders on Sunday threatened of tougher movement if the killers are not arrested by that day.
Mahir Sarowar Megh participated in a human chain formed by journalists in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital.
Runi, a senior reporter at the private TV channel ATN Bangla, and her husband Sagar, a news editor at private TV station Maasranga, were murdered at their West Rajabazar flat in the capital on February 11.
Taking part in the human chain, Runi's brother Nawsher Noman expressed his disappointment that even one month after the murder, the killers are still at large. He demanded immediate arrest of the perpetrators.
Expressing disappointment at the failure to arrest the killers, journalist leader Manjurul Ahsan Khan Bulbul said, "We have been tired of having patient."
"We, the colleagues, cannot stand before the mother of Runi. We cannot stand before the son of Sagar-Runi," he added.
Another journalist leader, Shah Alamgir, said, "We have come here to express our hatred as the murders have not been arrested in a month."
Journalist JE Mamun questioned the government's sincerity in arresting the perpetrators. He said, "The government has to prove its sincerity with work."
Journalists from both the print and electronic media will organise a rally in the capital on March 18 to press home their demand.
The journalist leaders on Sunday threatened of tougher movement if the killers are not arrested by that day.
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