Report submission in Salman Shah murder case deferred to 13 January
The court had previously fixed today for the report's submission but deferred the date as the investigation officer was unable to file the report.
A Dhaka court has deferred the date for submitting the investigation report in the case filed over the murder of film actor Salman Shah, naming 11 accused, including his wife Samira Haque, with the report now scheduled for 13 January.
The court had earlier fixed today (7 December) for the submission of the report.
However, the Investigation Officer Inspector Atiqul Islam Khandaker of Ramna Model Police Station, was unable to submit it today.
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Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Juel Rana then set the new date for submission, according to Sub-Inspector Zinnat Ali of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Prosecution Division.
Nearly 29 years after the death of actor Chowdhury Mohammad Shahriar (Emon), popularly known as Salman Shah, the case was filed against 11 people with Ramna Police Station on 20 October 2025.
Salman's maternal uncle Mohammad Alamgir Kumkum, on behalf of Salman's mother Neela Chowdhury, filed the case.
After accepting the First Information Report, the court directed Inspector Atiqul Islam Khandaker to submit the investigation report on 7 December.
The accused are: Salman Shah's wife Samira Haque, her mother Latifa Haque Lusi, actor Ashraful Haque alias Don, businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai, David, Zaved, Faruk, Ruby, A Sattar, Saju and Rijvi Ahmed Farhad.
According to the case statement, on 6 September 1996, Salman Shah's mother Nilufar Zaman Chowdhury (Neela Chowdhury), his father (now late) Kamar Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, and their younger son Shahraan Shah went to Salman's New Eskaton residence to meet him.
Upon their arrival, Samira and a domestic aide named Abul informed them that Salman was sleeping. Film producer Siddique had also gone to meet him. Hearing that their son was asleep, his parents told Samira they would meet him on their way to Sylhet.
Later that day, production manager Selim phoned Kamar Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, saying something had happened to Salman and asking them to come to his house immediately.
When the family reached the residence, they found Salman lying motionless in his bedroom while several unknown women were rubbing oil on his hands and feet. In another room, Ruby — a relative of Samira who ran the nearby Mayfair Beauty Parlour — was present.
Salman's mother screamed and asked that he be taken to hospital immediately. One of Samira's acquaintances reportedly shouted at her, saying, "You get out from my house."
Salman's parents then rushed him towards Holy Family Hospital, where they noticed rope marks on his neck and a bluish tint to his face and legs.
His mother insisted on taking him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, saying he had died some time earlier.
Following the incident, Kamar Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury initially filed an unnatural death case.
The following year, on 24 July 1997, he filed a petition with the court bringing murder allegations and seeking to register the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
In October 2021, a Dhaka court accepted a Police Bureau of Investigation probe report in the case over actor Salman Shah's death, where it is mentioned that the actor had died by suicide due to a family feud.
