The High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of an accused in the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case.
An HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed dismissed the bail petition of Tanveer Rahman who is now behind the bars.Mizanur Rahman argued for the accused while deputy attorney general Khorsedul Alam represented the government.
Earlier, on March 10, the HC bench also rejected the bail petitions of three other accused — Bakul Mia, Rafiqul Islam and Quamrul Hasan — of the murder case.
On February 11, 2012, Maasranga Television News Editor Sagar Sarowar and his wife ATN Bangla senior reporter Meherun Runi were found dead at their rented apartment in the city’s Razabazar area. – UNB
