Ittefaq Report The investigation agency has yet to resolve the mystery behind the murder of journalist couple Sagar-Runi after four years. 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 West Razabazar area on February 11, 2012. Sagar had suffered 28 stab wounds while Runi five before they breathed their last, according to the investigators. After visiting the slain journalist couple’s residence following the killing on February 11, 2012, then Home Minister advocate Shahara Khatun had said that the killers would be hunted down within 48 hours. A few days later, then Inspector General of Police Hasam Mahmud Khandker in a press briefing at the Police Headquarters claimed that there was a marked progress in the investigation into the case, which was filed with Sher-e-Banglanagar Police Station. In 2014, a DNA test at a US laboratory which was based on the evidences collected from the place of occurrence as supplied by the designated investigation agency confirmed the presence of two suspects at the apartment of Sagar-Runi during the gruesome murder, but the elite force is yet to be able to detect the two suspects. Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) — the investigating agency in the Sagar-Runi murder case — claimed that they have given the highest priority to the case. General secretary of National Press Club Quamrul Islam Chowdhury said 48 months have already passed since the brutal killing. General secretary of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) Razu Ahmed said the DRU has continued its movement demanding the punishment of the killers of the journalist couple and it will be continued until the real culprits are brought to justice. Contacted, Rab director (legal and media wing) Commander Mufti Mahmood Khan said the investigation has been carried out in this regard giving the highest priority. Assisting director (investigation) of the Rab headquarters ASP Mohiuddin Ahmed, also the investigation officer of the case, said investigation is going on and they have been sending the progress report to the High Court from time to time. “We’ll submit the next progress report to the High Court on February 22,” he added. Rab launched the investigation into the murder following a High Court order on April 14 in 2003. Earlier, the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police investigated the case. Five suspects are in custody in connection to the killing.