Dhaka, Oct 21 (V7N) – A Dhaka court today placed Diamond World Managing Director Dilip Kumar Agarwala, also a member of the central sub-committee on industry and commerce of the now-banned Bangladesh Awami League, on a four-day remand in a case filed over the attempted murder of a protester during the 2024 July Uprising.
The court granted the remand in the case filed over the attempted murder of a youth named A Jabbar, 21. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Haque passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the investigation officer in the case.
Earlier, Sub-Inspector Md Suman Mia of Uttara West Police Station sought a seven-day remand for Agarwala in the interest of a proper investigation, Sub-Inspector Helal Uddin, an official of the general registration section of the Uttara West Police Station court, confirmed the matter to BSS.
Earlier, a team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Agarwala from the city's Banani area on October 19. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam granted a one-day remand for Agarwala on Tuesday in a money laundering case filed with Gulshan Police Station.
According to the first information report (FIR) of the attempted murder case filed over A Jabbar, he was shot in front of BNS Centre on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway under Uttara West Police Station around noon on August 5, the final day of the 2024 July Uprising. He remained under treatment at hospital until September 26, 2024. After recovering, A Jabbar filed the attempted murder case with Uttara West Police Station on March 27, 2025, as the complainant. Agarwala is named as accused No 31 in the FIR.
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