Court allows task force to interrogate Farzana Rupa 

A Dhaka court has allowed a high-powered task force to interrogate former chief reporter and anchor of Ekattor TV Farzana Rupa in the sensational murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi.

The task force was formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs to probe the case. Regarding the matter, Investigating Officer (IO) and PBI Additional Superintendent of Police Azizul Hauqe, in his plea, said there is a possibility of getting valuable information by interrogating Rupa.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam last week accepted a prosecution plea in this regard, allowing the task force to interrogate the journalist in this case.

Farzana Rupa at the time used to work in ATN Bangla with victim Meherun Runi. They were very close to each other and were family friends. Rupa also made some reports on television about the murder. There is a high chance of getting valuable information by interrogating her, the IO said.

The journalist couple was brutally murdered in their rented flat in the city's West Rajabazar on 11 February 2012, in the presence of their four-year-old son Mahir Sarwar Megh.

Runi's brother Nawser Alam filed a murder case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station.