PBI files final report in Salman Shah death case

Salman Shah. File Photo
Salman Shah. File Photo

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) on Tuesday filed its final report into the investigation in a case lodged over the death of film star Salman Shah.

PBI Inspector Sirajul Islam submitted the 600-page report to dispatch wing of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court, dispatch wing in-charge sub-inspector Abul Hasan Bhuiyan told BSS.

Earlier on Monday PBI chief Banaz Kumar Majumder drew a conclusion on the death suit which remained pending for last 24 years, saying Salman indeed committed suicide over family feud.

The PBI interrogated a total of 44 people and testimonies of 10 people had been recorded under section 164 of the penal code, the police official said.

Salman Shah died on 6 September 1996 at the age of 25. Following the death, his father Kamaruddin Ahmed Chowdhury filed an unnatural death (UD) case.

He had later pleaded to turn the UD case into a murder case.