Salman Shah murder: Report submission deferred for fifth time, now set for 9 April
The court granted a further extension today after the investigation officer sought more time to submit the investigation report.
A Dhaka court today (22 February) deferred the submission of the investigation report in the case over the murder of film actor Salman Shah for the fifth time, setting 9 April as the new date.
Sub-Inspector Zinnat Ali of the Prosecution Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police confirmed the development.
The case names 11 accused, including Salman Shah's wife, Samira Haque.
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The court, on 13 January, fixed today for the submission of the report.
However, the Investigation Officer, Inspector Atiqul Islam Khandaker of Ramna Model Police Station, sought more time, and the court granted the extension.
The same day, the plaintiff's lawyer, Faruk Ahmed, filed a petition seeking the confiscation of movable and immovable assets of the accused.
After hearing the plea, the court kept the matter pending for an order.
Nearly 29 years after the death of actor Chowdhury Mohammad Shahriar (Emon), popularly known as Salman Shah, the case was filed against 11 people at 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 the hospital immediately. One of Samira's acquaintances reportedly shouted at her, saying, "You get out of 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.
