Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Diamond World Managing Director Dilip Kumar Agarwala on one-day remand in a case filed over alleged laundering of Tk 678 crore.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ariful Islam passed the order when Sub-Inspector Md Ashraful Hasan of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police, also the investigating officer of the case, produced him before the court with a three-day remand prayer.

Earlier on Monday evening, detectives arrested Dilip Agarwala from the Banani area of the capital in the case filed by the CID on November 18 last year for allegedly for laundering around Tk 678 crore though smuggling gold and diamond.

The Financial Crime Unit of CID filed the case against Dilip with G...