The court has directed the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Ramna Police Station to file a murder case regarding the unnatural death of film actor Salman Shah and to investigate and submit a report.
Granting the revision petition filed by the plaintiff side, Dhaka’s Sixth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jannatul Ferdous Ibn Haque gave this order on Monday. Mohammad Habibur Rahman, the state counsel in the concerned court, provided this information. On this day, fans protested, describing Salman Shah’s death as a murder and demanding justice.
On 6 September, 1996, the body of film actor Salman Shah was recovered from his residence in Eskaton, Dhaka. At that time, Salman Shah’s father, Kamruddin Ahmed Chowdhury, initially filed a case of unnatural death.
Later, on 24 July 1997, an application was made to convert the complaint into a murder case. The court ordered the police’s detective branch, the CID, to investigate the matter. After investigation, the CID submitted its final report to the court on 3 November 1997. The report described the incident as a suicide.
Subsequently, on 25 November of that year, the final report was accepted by the Dhaka CMM Court. However, Kamruddin Ahmed Chowdhury rejected the report and filed a revision case. Later, on 19 May 2003, the court sent the case for judicial inquiry.
After a long 11 years, on 3 August 2014, Metropolitan Magistrate Imdadul Haque submitted the judicial inquiry report to the court. That report also termed Salman Shah’s death an unnatural death.
After the death of Kamruddin Ahmed Chowdhury, Salman Shah’s mother, Neela Chowdhury, was included as the plaintiff in the son’s murder case. On 10 February, 2015, she filed a petition of no confidence against the judicial inquiry report in the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court. The case was most recently investigated by the PBI.
On 31 October 2021, the court accepted that report and disposed of the case. On 12 June 2022, the plaintiff side filed a revision case in the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court against this order.
