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Published : 03 Jun 2026, 10:59 PM
After her release, Ivy got into a car without speaking to reporters.
Speaking on her behalf, defence lawyer Md Awlad Hossain described the cases against the former mayor as baseless and said she had "no involvement" in the allegations.
“Police arrested her from her home in Narayanganj in May last year. She remained in prison for more than a year,” he said.
“Even after the High Court granted her bail, the state moved to the Chamber Court seeking to overturn the order. The Appellate Division later upheld the High Court’s decision, removing the final obstacle to her release.”
Ivy was transferred to the Kashimpur prison in Gazipur following her arrest on May 5, 2025.
On May 10, the Appellate Division upheld High Court bail orders in 10 separate cases, including murder cases linked to the July Uprising.
Before that ruling, she had been shown arrested in two additional cases after securing bail in the initial 10.
The High Court granted bail in those cases on Apr 30, and the chamber court upheld the orders on May 17.
Ivy had also challenged the legality of being repeatedly shown arrested in new cases.
Following a preliminary hearing on Apr 26, the High Court issued a rule asking why authorities' actions in repeatedly implicating her in what the petition described as false cases for the purpose of harassment should not be declared unlawful.
The court also sought explanations as to why she should not be protected from being shown arrested, detained, or harassed in cases other than those specifically mentioned in court.
Several of the cases involve allegations of murder during the July Uprising, while others relate to attempted murder, assault, and obstruction of government duties.
The state repeatedly challenged Ivy's bail orders before the Chamber Court and Appellate Division, but the High Court's decisions were ultimately upheld, paving the way for her release.
