the court taking a decisive step toward a fresh forensic review, the nation watches closely. As the June 23 deadline approaches, this latest investigation offers a final, glimmering hope that the truth behind the beloved superstar’s untimely death will finally be unveiled
Labonno Chowdhury : A Dhaka court has granted permission to exhume the remains of popular actor Salman Shah for a fresh autopsy . Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana issued the order on May 24, 2026, which became public on June 10, 2026.The decision follows an application by the investigation officer, CID Inspector Md. Ziaul Morshed. The court directed that the body be exhumed in the presence of an executive magistrate to prepare a fresh inquest report and conduct a detailed forensic examination. This significant legal move comes nearly 30 years after the actor’s untimely death.
Following the court order, Salman Shah’s maternal uncle, Mohammad Alamgir, filed a murder case under Sections 302 and 34 of the Penal Code at the Ramna Model Police Station on October 21, 2025. CID Inspector Ziaul Morshed and investigating officer said he had sought the court’s permission to exhume the remains of Salman Shah (Chowdhury Mohammad Shahriar Emon), prepare an inquest report and conduct an autopsy in the presence of an executive magistrate to determine the actual cause of his death.
“The court granted the petition. There are some procedural formalities to be completed. Once those are done, we will exhume the body, prepare the inquest report and conduct the autopsy,” he said. The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order recently. On October 21, 2025, Salman Shah’s maternal uncle Mohammad Alamgir filed a case against 11 people, including Salman’s wife Samira Haque, with the capital’s Ramna Police Station 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 ordered the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Ramna Police Station to treat the case filed over the death of Chowdhury Mohammad Shahriar (Emon), popularly known as Salman Shah, as a murder case and submit a report in this regard. The court, in its order, said that the unnatural death (UD) case was hereby cancelled and revoked by order passed on October 31, 2021.
Legal and administrative formalities are currently underway to execute the order. Once finalized, the remains will be exhumed from his resting place at the Hazrat Shahjalal Mazar Cemetery in Sylhet under executive supervision for the new forensic analysis.
