Dhaka, Nov 5, 2026 (V7N) – A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Diamond World Managing Director Dilip Kumar Agarwala on a two-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Repon Hossain passed the order after police produced him before the court and pleaded for a 10-day remand in the case.
Earlier in the day, Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sefatullah showed him arrested in the case.
According to the case documents, leaders and activists of the now activities-banned Bangladesh Awami League and its front organisations brought out a procession in the Mohakhali Bus Stand area on June 18, 2026. They chanted different slogans and blasted crude bombs.
Police later filed the case under the Anti-Terrorism Act with Tejgaon Industrial Zone Police Station.
A team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Agarwala from the city's Banani area on October 19.
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