Four-day remand granted for gold trader Dilip Agarwala in attempted murder case
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The court has sent gold trader and Diamond World owner Dilip Kumar Agarwala on a four-day remand in an attempted murder case of Uttara West police station in the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Haque granted the remand after a hearing on Wednesday.
State counsel Muhammad Shamsuddoha Sumon told journalists that the court has granted a four-day remand for Dilip Agarwala in the attempted murder case. Earlier, he was produced before the court after the end of his remand in a money laundering case.
It has been learnt from case sources that during the anti-discrimination student movement, at about 12:00pm on 5 August, protesters were taking up a peaceful position on the road west of the BNS Centre on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway under Uttara West police station. According to the allegation, protesters were suddenly fired upon at the direction and in the presence of the accused, and protester A Jabbar was shot and seriously injured in the lower part of his spine. He later had to take treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital for a long time and, after recovering, he filed the case at Uttara West police station on 27 March 2025.
The case’s investigating officer, SI Md Sumon Mia of Uttara West police station, produced the accused Dilip Kumar before the court and sought a 10-day remand in the interest of a proper investigation of the case, collecting information on the other accused and recovering the weapons used. On the other hand, the defence lawyer sought bail, seeking cancellation of the remand. After both sides presented their arguments and the hearing ended, the judge ordered a four-day remand.
It may be mentioned that the remand application stated that the accused Dilip Kumar Agarwala is a member of the Awami League’s central industry and commerce sub-committee and a former parliamentary candidate for the Chuadanga-1 seat. Primary information has provided evidence that he was directly present with the other accused on the day of the incident.
Background
The DMP’s detective branch arrested Diamond World managing director Dilip Kumar Agarwala from Banani in the capital at about 6:00pm on Monday, 19 October; DB chief Shafiqul Islam confirmed that the arrest was made in connection with a case of the police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) – Jugantor reported this on 20 October.
Earlier, on 3 September 2024, the then Rab had detained him from Diamond World’s office in Gulshan – on charges of gold and diamond smuggling, cheating, forgery and money laundering; he was later shown arrested in the case over the killing of the teenager Hriday Ahmed in Badda during the July uprising and was subsequently released on bail – Jugantor on 20 October and The Daily Star Bangla on 19 October reported this.
In the Chuadanga-1 seat (Alamdanga and parts of the sadar upazila), he had contested as an independent candidate during the election period of 2023 – Prothom Alo reported this on 24 December 2023.
The numbers
The CID’s financial crime unit filed a case against him at Gulshan police station on 17 November last year under section 4(2)(4) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 (amended); the allegation is that the company could not show the source and valid documents of the supplier of Tk 678,19,14,014 collected through the local purchase and exchange of gold and diamonds – The Daily Star Bangla reported this on 18 November 2025.
On the Anti-Corruption Commission’s application, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Foyez on 1 December ordered the attachment of his immovable property including seven flats and two shops; the ACC alleges that he has assets of about Tk 112.47 crore beyond his known sources of income and that abnormal transactions of about Tk 755.30 crore took place in 34 bank accounts in his name and in the names of associated companies – TBS News Bangla reported this on 1 December 2025.
