SAGAR-RUNI MURDER

If probe needs

50yrs, it will

have to be

given 50yrs

Says law minister

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said that if the investigation needs 50 years to find the killers of journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, it will have to be given 50 years.

“If police cannot complete the investigation in this case, will it be right to forcibly complete it and submit a final report or charge sheet? They [police] should be given as much time as their investigation may require to find the murderers. If the probe takes 50 years, it will have to be given 50 years.”

The minister said this in response to a question from reporters about the Sagar-Runi murder case trial at a press conference Yesterday,

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