Selina Hayat Ivy, former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation, was released from Kashimpur Central Women's Prison in Gazipur on Wednesday night.

Shirin Akter, superintendent of Kashimpur Central Women's Prison, said that after completing all necessary document verification procedures, Ivy walked out of jail at 10:10pm.

On May 17, the Supreme Court upheld the High Court orders that granted ad-interim bail to Ivy on April 30 in two murder cases filed in connection with the July uprising.

Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Justice Md Rezaul Haque passed “no order” on two petitions filed by the state seeking a stay on the HC orders granting bail.

Following the apex court chamber judge’s orders, there was no legal bar to Ivy being released from jail, as the Appellate Division recently upheld her HC bail in 10 other cases.

The former Narayanganj mayor was arrested on May 9 last year in connection with the murder of RMG worker Minarul and was later shown arrested in nine other criminal cases.

The High Court granted bail to Ivy in all 10 cases on November 9 last year and February 26 this year following separate bail petitions filed on her behalf.