Dhaka, June 4 -- Police have increased surveillance around the Narayanganj home of former city corporation mayor Salina Hayat Ivy following her release from prison, installing CCTV cameras and deploying plainclothes officers in the area.

Police say the measures are aimed at ensuring the three-time former mayor's personal security and monitoring whether she becomes involved in any activities linked to the Awami League, whose activities had been banned by the Mohammad Yunus-led interim government.

Ivy was released from Kashimpur Central Women's Jail in Gazipur around 10pm on Wednesday after spending nearly 13 months in prison over 12 cases.

She returned to her family home Chunka Kutir in Narayanganj's Deobhog shortly after midnight.

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