A day after saying 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, Law Minister Anisul Huq has defended himself by terming the statement to be figurative.
"This is not a matter for debate. It saddens me because even when we convey positive intentions to you
, you interpret it differently and become resentful. There are instances where culprits have been caught after 42 years, and mysteries have been unravelled after 24 years," he told reporters at Akhaura Railway Station in Brahmanbaria on Friday."My reference to time was meant to be taken in a relative context," he added.
Sagar, who was the news editor at Maasranga Television, and his wife Runi, senior reporter at ATN Bangla, were killed in the early hours of February 11, 2012, in their rented flat in the capital`s West Razabazar.
After the murder, senior government officials, including the then-home minister, said the murderers would be arrested and brought to justice within 48 hours.
Nearly 12 years have passed, but no substantial progress has been made in solving the case.
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