Ivy sent to Kashimpur Jail

Former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Salina Hayat Ivy has been sent to Kashimpur Women's Centrail Jail in connection with the murder of garment worker Minarul in Siddhirganj during the anti-discrimination student movement.

She was taken to the jail at around 2:00pm on Friday. 

Senior Jail Super of Kashimpur Women's Centrail Jail Kawalin Nahar confirmed the matter.

The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Mainuddin Qadir passed the order on Friday after she had been produced before the court at around 10:00am.

The next hearing will be held on May 26. 

Earlier, police arrested the former mayor from her ancestral home 'Chunka Kutir' in the Deobhog area of Narayanganj city.