Multiple officials of the International Crimes Tribunal told Amar Desh on Sunday that dismissed army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan and actor Rokeya Prachy, a former Awami League lawmaker, were involved in the killings of journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. The pair were killed at their rented home in West Rajabazar, Dhaka, on February 11, 2012.
According to prosecution sources, Sagar and Runi had produced a documentary on the BDR killings in Pilkhana before their deaths. The sources alleged that Ahsan and Prachy killed them before its release and seized the material. An official involved in inquiry work said investigators found Ahsan, then head of RAB's intelligence branch, spoke with Prachy more than 20 times around the killing.
Investigators reportedly found that two days after the killings, Ahsan sent a trusted aide to collect two pen drives from Prachy containing the documentary. Tribunal prosecutors questioned the aide, who reportedly described the events. A four-member task force led by the PBI chief is now investigating the case after the High Court removed RAB in September 2024. The court last granted the task force another six months on April 26, 2026.
মাছরাঙা টেলিভিশনের বার্তা সম্পাদক সাগর সরওয়ার ও এটিএন বাংলার জ্যেষ্ঠ প্রতিবেদক মেহেরুন রুনি হত্যাকাণ্ডে জড়িত ছিলেন সেনাবাহিনীর বরখাস্ত কর্মকর্তা মেজর জেনারেল জিয়াউল আহসান এবং অভিনেত্রী ও কার্যক্রম নিষিদ্ধ আওয়ামী লীগের সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য রোকেয়া প্রাচী।
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