Apan Jewellers is a chain of gold and diamond jewelry stores based in

Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

. It is the largest jewelry retailer in

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History

Apan Jewellers has seven branches located in Dhaka including

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, and

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. Apan Real Estate Limited is the sister company of the jewelers. On 14 May 2017, the intelligence branch of

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raided five branches of Apan Jewellers simultaneously in Dhaka and sealed one of them. They were being investigated for gold smuggling and

tax evasion Tax evasion is an illegal attempt to defeat the imposition of taxes by individuals, corporations, trusts, and others. Tax evasion often entails the deliberate misrepresentation of the taxpayer's affairs to the tax authorities to reduce the taxp ...

. In 2018, Dildar Ahmed Selim, the owner of Apan Jewellers, was granted bail by the High Court in a

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case filed by the

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