Diamond World MD Dilip Agarwala now shown arrested in corruption case over Tk 112 crore assets
Dilip Kumar Agarwala, managing director (MD) of Diamond World, has now been shown arrested in a corruption case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Shahjahan Kabir passed the order on Monday (November 2).
Earlier, on October 25, the case's investigating officer, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) assistant director Sajjad Hossain, applied to have Agarwala shown arrested in the case.
The hearing was held in the accused's presence, and Agarwala was produced before the court for it. After the hearing, the court ordered him shown arrested and sent him to jail.
The application said Agarwala is accused of acquiring and holding assets worth Tk 112 crore 47 lakh 28 thousand 407, inconsistent with his known sources of income, through dishonest means.
Earlier, on the evening of October 19, Agarwala was arrested from Banani in the capital by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
The next day the court placed him on a one-day remand in a gold and diamond smuggling and money laundering case. Later, on October 21, he was shown arrested in the A. Jabbar attempted murder case and taken on remand for six days in two phases. He has been in jail since that remand ended.
Agarwala had also been arrested by the then RAB on September 3, 2024, when the force raided and surrounded the Diamond World office in Gulshan at midnight.
