Salman Shah murder: Courts order to provide investigation report on 13 January
The court also asked the immigration to take steps as the accused of the case could not flee from the country
A Dhaka court today (7 December) asked the authorities concerned to provide the investigation report on 13 January 2026 in the case filed over the death of actor Salman Shah in 1996.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel passed the order today, reports UNB.
Mohammad Alamgir Kumkum, maternal uncle of actor Salman, filed a case against 11 people with Ramna Police Station on 20 October.
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Later, Judge of Additional Metropolitan Session Judge court-6 Jannatul Ibne Haque accepted the revision petition and asked to file a murder case.
The accused were identified as Salman's wife, Samira Haque; her mother, Latifa Haque Lucy; businessperson Aziz Mohammad Bhai; Don; Devid; Zaved; Faruk; Rubi; Abdus Sattar; Saju; and Rizvi Ahmed alias Farhad.
The court also asked the immigration to take steps as the accused of the case could not flee from the country.
According to the case statement, Salman Shah was found dead at his flat in Eskaton of the capital on 6 September 1996. Later, the father of Salman Shah Kamaruddin Chowdhury filed an unnatural death case.
On 24 July 1997, a petition was filed stating that Salman Shah was murdered.
The court later asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate the issue.
On 3 November 1997, CID gave its final report saying Salman Shah committed suicide.
Later, rejecting the CID's claim, Kamaruddin Chowdhury filed a revision case in this regard.
Following that, the court sent the case to the Judicial Department for further investigation.
On 19 May 2003, the court sent the case to the Judicial Department for investigation.
On 3 August 2014, Metropolitan Magistrate Emdadul Haque submitted the judicial statement in the case, terming it a suicidal case.
On 10 February 2015, Nila Chowdhury, mother of Salman filed a 'naraji' petition in this regard.
Finally, the case was shifted to the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI).
On 25 February 2020, PBI Inspector Sirajul Islam submitted the investigation report before the court.
On 31 October 2021, the court disposed of the case after accepting the case.
On 12 June 2022, a revision case was filed with the Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge saying Salman Shah was murdered.
