Dhaka, May 9 -- Former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Selina Hayat Ivy was sent to Kashimpur Women's Jail in Gazipur on Friday in connection with the killing of a garment worker during the July uprising.

She was brought to the jail around 2 pm, Senior Jail Superintendent Kawalin Nahar confirmed.

Early in the morning, Ivy was arrested in a case linked to the death of garment worker Minarul Islam on 20 July last year.

Later, around 10am, police produced her before the Narayanganj Judicial Magistrate's Court, which held a hearing and ordered her to be sent to jail.

The court has set May 26 for the next hearing.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from The Financial Express....