BANGLADESH

RAB investigators spoke to Mahir Sarowar Megh, the only son of slain journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, for around three and a half hours on Wednesday.

Megh went to the headquarters of the elite force at Uttara with his maternal uncle Nawsher Roman around 1pm.

"We've tried to gather information by speaking with him that may help the investigation," RAB spokesperson Commander M Suhail told reporters.

He said it was not an 'interrogation' in any way. "Megh had come to the RAB headquarters earlier as well. But it was the first time we formally requested his uncle to bring him for the sake of the case."

On the Feb 11 night when his parents were killed at their house at Rajabazar, Megh was at home.

The government arrested seven suspects, most of who have already been charged with killing a doctor.

Megh's uncle Roman, who had filed the case over the murders, said the child appeared to be annoyed and initially expressed anger several times once they were in the RAB headquarters.

"Later he became normal. But the investigation officer could not ask him any question as he was always busy playing around," he said.

Journalists have been demonstrating for arrest of the killers of Sagar and Runi since the murders. The then Home Minister, Shahara Khatun, had pledged to capture the killers within 48 hours but the police failed to deliver. The case was transferred to the RAB later.

The new Home Minister, Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, said on Oct 9 that eight of the killers of Sagar and Runi have been identified and seven of them have been arrested.

The journalists termed his findings vague as he did not speak about the link among the accused, who are from separate places.