A court has granted four days’ remand for Dilip Kumar Agarwala, a member of the central industry and commerce sub-committee of the Bangladesh Awami League (whose activities are banned) and managing director (MD) of Diamond World Limited.
The remand was granted in a case alleging the attempted murder of a young man, A Jabbar (21), during the July 2024 uprising.
Police produced Dilip Kumar Agarwala before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka on Wednesday (21 October).
The case’s investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Sumon Mia of Uttara West police station, sought seven days’ remand for a proper investigation. After the hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sara Farzana Haque granted four days.
Sub-Inspector Helal Uddin, an officer of the general registration section of the Uttara West police station court, confirmed this to BSS.
The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Dilip Kumar Agarwala in Banani on Monday evening (19 October). The next day, Tuesday (20 October), Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam granted one day’s remand in a case filed at Gulshan police station under the Money Laundering Act.
According to the case statement in the A Jabbar attempted murder case, Jabbar was shot at around 12 noon on 5 August, the last day of the July 2024 uprising, in front of BNS Centre on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the Uttara West police station area. He was treated in hospital until 26 September 2024. After recovering, Jabbar filed the attempted murder case at Uttara West police station on 27 March 2025. Agarwala is the 31st named accused in the case.
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