Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- A Dhaka court has granted police five more weeks to submit the investigation report in the murder case relating to the 1996 death of beloved film star Salman Shah.

The report was due on Sunday, but the investigation officer told the court he was unable to complete it and requested more time.

Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana subsequently set Jan 13 as the new deadline, prosecutors said.

The latest development comes after a murder case was filed in October -- 29 years after the actor's death -- by Mohammad Alamgir Kumkum on behalf of Salman's mother, Neela Chowdhury.

Eleven people, including Salman's wife Samira Haque and her mother Latifa Haque Lucy, as well as businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai and several others from D...