A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the date for submission of the probe report to 13 January in the murder case of renowned film actor Salman Shah, filed against 11 persons, including his wife Samira Haque, nearly 29 years after his death.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana set the new date as police failed to submit the report on the scheduled date.

Earlier on 20 October, Dhaka’s 6th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jannatul Ferdous Ibn Haque passed an order to file a fresh case and submit the probe report in the case after accepting a revision petition filed by the plaintiff.

The other accused are– businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai, Latifa Haque Luci, film actor Don, David, Javed, Faruk, Rubi, Abdus Sattar, Saju and Rezvi Ahmed.

On 6 September 1996, film actor Salman Shah’s body was recovered from his residence in Eskaton, Dhaka. His father, Komoruddin Ahmed Chowdhury, initially filed an unnatural death (UD) case.

Later, on 24 July 1997, a petition was filed to convert the complaint into a murder case. The court then directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate the matter.

On 3 November 1997, the CID submitted its final report to the court, stating that the death was a suicide, which was accepted by a Dhaka court on 25 November of the same year.

However, Komoruddin Ahmed filed a revision petition rejecting the report. On 19 May 2003, the court ordered a judicial inquiry into the case.