No headway in journalist couple murder
Says IGP, but happy with investigators work
The inspector general of police yesterday expressed satisfaction over sincerity of investigators probing the journalist couple's murder, although no headway has been reported since the incident occurred on February 11.
His comment apparently appears a step back from his earlier stance when he told a press briefing at the police headquarters on February 13 that there was "substantial progress" in the investigation.
"The investigators are carrying out their tasks and we like to assure you that we are working best within our capability. I have personally never felt any neglect by the investigators," IGP Hassan Mahmood Khandker said when reporters asked him about progress in the case.
Meherun Runi, a senior reporter of private television channel ATN Bangla, and Sagar Sarowar, a news editor of another private TV channel Maasranga, were killed in their West Rajabazar flat in the capital.
The IGP answered in the same tone about investigation into Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali killing, claiming that police are working best within their capability.
"The case has been transferred to the Detective Branch on Wednesday considering its significance and they are working hard to unfold the mystery," he commented.
The official of the Saudi embassy in Dhaka was gunned down about 30 yards off his house in Gulshan on March 6.
The IGP once again claimed the law and order is satisfactory except some "stray incidents".
Earlier, the IGP addressed a seminar titled "Challenges of Implementation of Anti-Human Trafficking Law: Children's Perspective" arranged by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) at BIAM Foundation auditorium in the city.
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