Police seek 7 more days’ remand for Dilip Agarwala, alleging he concealed information during four-day remand
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Police have applied for a seven-day remand of Diamond World managing director Dilip Kumar Agarwala in an attempted murder case filed by a student who was shot and injured during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. He had earlier been held on a four-day remand and interrogated in the same case.
The investigating officer of the case, Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Sumon Mia of Uttara West Police Station, filed the application with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka on Sunday (25 October). Muhammad Shamsuddoha Sumon, additional public prosecutor of the Dhaka Metropolitan Court, confirmed the matter.
The remand application says that although Dilip Agarwala provided some important information during the four days of interrogation, he concealed much other information related to the incident. Police are verifying the information he gave. The application states that he needs to be questioned again to unravel the mystery of the case, identify and arrest the other accused involved by name and address, and recover the weapons used in the crime.
Earlier, on Wednesday (21 October), Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Haque ordered that Dilip Agarwala be shown arrested in the case and placed on a four-day remand. Police had sought a 10-day remand that day.
The case was filed on 27 March 2025 with Uttara West Police Station. The case statement says student A Jabbar was shot and injured on 5 August 2024 during the movement in front of BNS Centre on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the capital.
Dilip Kumar Agarwala was a member of the central Awami League’s sub-committee on industry and commerce.
Background
According to a report by The Daily Star Bangla, the Detective Branch (DB) of the DMP arrested Dilip Agarwala in the capital’s Banani on the evening of 19 October; the arrest was made at the request of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the investigation of a case filed by the agency.
The same report said that on 3 September 2024, RAB as it then was had detained him. He was later shown arrested in a case over the killing of teenager Hridoy Ahmed in Badda during the July mass uprising, and was subsequently released on bail.
The court has also granted a one-day remand for him in a case over allegations of laundering about Tk 678 crore through gold and diamond smuggling, The Daily Star Bangla reported.
At a glance
According to The Daily Star Bangla, Dilip Agarwala is a former president of the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) and a former director and vice-president of the FBCCI, the apex body of businesses.
Sources
Background sources: The Daily Star Bangla, 19 October 2026; The Daily Star Bangla
