'We have lost our son, we want justice'
Human chain at Sagor Sarowar's village
Locals join a human chain at Kazirhat in Bera upazila of Pabna district yesterday demanding immediate arrest of the killers of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. Sagar, a news editor of private TV channel Maasranga, hailed from Kazirhat village.Photo: STAR
Villagers and relatives of slain journalist Sagar Sarowar formed a human chain at Kazirhat Market in Bera upazila of the district yesterday demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers. Hundreds of villagers from Masumdia, Rooppur and Kazirhat, the birthplace of Sagar Sarowar, joined the human chain that continued for an hour from 10:00am. They strongly protested the brutal murder of Sagar Sarowar, a news editor of private TV channel Maasranga, and his wife Meherun Runi, a senior reporter of ATN Bangla, and demanded immediate arrest of the killers. Later, the protesters, carrying banners and festoons, took out a procession at the bazar and held a rally there. Chaired by schoolteacher Ataur Rahman, also a resident of Kazirhat village, the rally was addressed, among others, by Roopur Union Parishad Chairman Nurul Islam, former chairman of Mashumdia Union Parishad Samsur Rahman, Bera upazila BNP General Secretary Md Rois Uddin, Sagar's uncle Harunur Rashid, and nephew Abdul Karim. The speakers urged the law enforcers to immediately unearth the clues to the murder of the journalist couple and arrest the culprits involved. “We have lost our son. We don't want compensation. We want justice,” said Harunur Rashid. The agitating villagers, who joined the rally, chanted slogans in support of their demand. Sagar and his wife Runi were murdered at their flat of the five-storey building in the capital early February.
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