Travel Ban Extended: Samira's Mother Barred from Leaving Country in Salman Shah Murder Case

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on Latifa Haque Lusi, the mother of film star Salman Shah's wife, Samira Haque, in the case filed over the actor's alleged premeditated murder in 1996.

This order, passed by Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman, follows a similar travel ban imposed just two days earlier on Samira Haque and actor Ashraful Haque alias Dawn.

The case, which alleges premeditated murder, was lodged on October 21, 2025, by Salman Shah's maternal uncle, Mohammad Alamgir, nearly 29 years after the actor's death. It lists 11 accused, including Samira Haque, Latifa Haque Lusi, Dawn, and Aziz Mohammad Bhai.

The filing of the murder case was initiated after a court order on October 20, which directed police to treat the earlier "unnatural death" case as a murder case, noting the former was previously revoked.

The case statement recounts the tragic events of September 6, 1996, when Salman Shah's family found him motionless and later noted rope marks on his neck, leading his father to initially file an unnatural death case, which was later changed to a murder petition.