Murder Case: Ivy placed on 2-day remand

A Narayan-ganj court yesterday placed former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Salina Hayat Ivy on a two-day remand in connection with a murder case filed with Siddhirganj Police Station.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Nour Mohsin passed the order after police produced her before the court with a seven-day remand prayer in a case filed over the killing of garment worker Minarul Islam during the July uprising, confirmed Court Inspector Kaium Khan.

Following a hearing, the court granted a two-day remand, the official added.

Ivy, who joined the hearing virtually from Kashimpur Central Women's Jail in Gazipur, was removed from her post on August 19 last year by the interim government, after the fall of the Awami League-led government.

Minarul Islam died from gunshot wounds during the student-led movement on July 20. On September 3, Ivy was a named accused in the murder case for the first time.

Ivy was arrested from her house in Narayanganj's Deobhog area on May 9.

Ivy has been accused in at least six cases filed over casualties during the July-August movement. Apart from the Minarul murder case, she has also been shown arrested in two other cases.