Stay on Apan Jewellers owners’ bail order extended

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday extended its prior order until January 8 that stayed the High Court order granting bail to three owners of Apan Jewellers in three money laundering cases.

The three owners are Dildar Ahmed, Gulzar Ahmed and Azad Ahmed.

A five-member Appellate Division bench headed by acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah passed the order after hearing petition filed by the state.

The Chamber Judge of the Supreme Court on December 21 last year extended its earlier order until January 2 in the money laundering cases.

On December 18, a special bench of the Chamber Judge stayed the bail order of the High Court until December 21 and set today (Tuesday) for next hearing of the petitions in the scheduled vacation bench.

On December 14, the High Court granted bail to three owners of Apan Jewellers in three money laundering cases.

The HC on November 22 issued five separate rules in five money laundering cases filed against them.

Earlier on June 4 last year, a team of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) in separate drives seized around 15 maunds of gold and 427 grams of diamond without valid documents from Gulshan, Uttara, Mowchak and Shimanta Square branches of Apan Jewellers.

Following this, five money laundering cases were filed against them.


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