A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the acceptance of a petition seeking the cancellation of its earlier order to exhume the remains of renowned film actor Salman Shah from his grave.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order after Salman's maternal uncle, Mohammad Alamgir (Kumkum), filed the petition.
The court also set July 23 for the submission of a probe report in a murder case filed against 11 people, including Salman's wife, Samira Haque.
On May 20, the court ordered the exhumation of the popular film star's remains to prepare an inquest report and conduct an autopsy as part of efforts to determine the actual cause of his death.
On October 21, 2025, Mohammad Alamgir filed a case with Ramna Police Station against 11 people, including Samira Haque, under Sections 302 and 34 of the Penal Code. The other accused are Aziz Mohammad Bhai, Samira's mother Latifa Haque Lusi, actor Dawn, David, Zaved, Faruk, Ruby, A Sattar, Saju, and Rijvi Ahmed Farhad.
Earlier, on October 20, 2025, Dhaka's Sixth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jannatul Ferdous Ibn Haque directed the officer-in-charge of Ramna Police Station to treat the case over the death of Chowdhury Mohammad Shahriar (Emon), popularly known as Salman Shah, as a murder case and submit a report.
In its order, the court said the unnatural death (UD) case had been cancelled through an order issued on October 31, 2021.
