The High Court yesterday blasted the government-formed taskforce for again failing to submit its full-fledged probe report in connection with the murders of journalists Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi.

"Thirteen years have passed since two people (Sagar and Runi) were murdered. Who killed them? Nothing could be known. Even the investigation into this case has not been completed yet. People all over the country are looking at this case. How many more years will it take to complete the investigation?" the HC bench of Justice Fatema Najib and Justice Fatema Anwar told the state counsel and the taskforce representative.

The bench asked Azizul Haque, investigation officer of the case, "Tell us what percentage of the investigation of the Sagar-Runi murder case has been completed."

Azizul, also a high official of the Police Bureau of Investigation, said six months' time was needed to complete the investigation.

At one stage of the hearing, Advocate Mohammad Shishir Monir, lawyer for the complainant in the murder case, told the court that he felt ashamed as the investigation had not been completed for such a long time.

Monir opposed the taskforce's petition seeking six months' time and prayed to the HC bench to grant three months to submit the report.

The HC granted six months' time for the last time to the taskforce to complete the investigation and submit its report.

On April 22, the HC had granted the taskforce an additional six months to complete the investigation and submit its report.

Sagar, news editor of private television channel Maasranga, and his wife Runi, senior reporter at ATN Bangla, were murdered in their flat in West Rajabazar on February 11, 2012.