STAFF CORRESPONDENT

The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to Selina Hayat Ivy, former mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC), in two separate murder cases filed in connection with the July uprising.

The court also issued two separate rules asking the government to explain why Ivy should not be granted permanent bail in the cases.

The bench of Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher issued the orders and rules following two separate petitions filed by Ivy seeking bail in the cases.

The cases were filed with Siddhirganj Police Station in Narayanganj on charges of killing Selim Mondal and Abdus Salam during the July uprising in 2024.

Selina Hayat Ivy was shown arrested in the cases immediately after the High Court granted her bail in five other cases on February 26 this year, Senior Advocate Md Motaher Hossain Sazu, a lawyer for Ivy, told The Daily Star.

Senior lawyers Sara Hossain and Motaher Hossain Sazu appeared for petitioner while Deputy Attorney General Syeda Shajia Sharmin opposed the bail petitions during the hearing of the bail petitions.