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Owners of Apan Jewellers get bail in 3 cases

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Update: 2017-12-14 03:25:44
Owners of Apan Jewellers get bail in 3 cases

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday (December 14) granted bail to the three owners of the Apan Jewellers-- Dildar Ahmed Selim, Gulzar Ahmed and Azad Ahmed-- in three cases out of five filed against them.

The higher court, however, kept the bail petition in two other cases stand over for one month.

The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim granted the bail after hearing separate rules in the cases filed over money laundering and income of illegal wealth. The hearing ended on Wednesday (December 13).  

Senior lawyers of the Supreme Court AM Amin Uddin and Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh moved for the petitioners in the court, while deputy attorney general Farhad Ahmed and assistant attorney general Yusuf Mahbub Murshed stood on behalf of the state.

Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).  

Earlier on November 22, the High Court issued five separate rules asking the government to explain why the three owners of the Apan Jewellers should not be granted bail in the five cases.

On October 24, a Dhaka court sent them to jail in the cases.

On August 22, the High Court granted the bail for the three brothers for a period of four weeks and ordered them to surrender before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s (CMM) Court of Dhaka in the time.

On August 12, the Customs Intelligence Investigation Directorate (CIID) filed the five cases with Gulshan, Dhanmondi, Ramna and Uttara police stations in the city.

The cases were filed over huge amount of gold seizure from separate branches of the Apan Jewellers. The cases were recorded under the Money Laundering Act and the Customs Act on charges of concealing information in their evidence about 15 maunds of gold and diamond which were smuggled in the country.

The CIID officials seized the 15 maunds of gold and diamonds from different showrooms of Apan Jewellers upon specific allegations following the rape incident in Banani. Later, the seized gold had been deposited to the Bangladesh Bank.

The Apan Jewellers came in the limelight after rape of two private university girls in Banani. The rape incident happened in the Raintree hotel on March 28.

One of the victims filed a case with Banani police station on May 6 accusing five people, including Safat Ahmed. The police had managed to arrest the five rape accused.

Dildar Ahmed Selim is father of Safat Ahmed, while Gulzar Ahmed and Azad Ahmed are his two brothers.

BDST: 1425 HRS, DEC 14, 2017
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