Dilip Agarwala UNB
Bangladesh

Dilip Kumar Agarwala remanded in Anti-Terrorism Act case

BSS

A court here today 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 as police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on 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 now activities-banned Bangladesh Awami League and its front organizations brought out a procession in Mohakhali Bus Stand area on June 18, 2026. They chanted different slogans and blasted crude bombs.

Police later filed the case under 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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