Police had arrested Ivy from his residence in Narayanganj city on the morning of May 9 last year. He was shown arrested in a total of 12 cases.
His name is not in the First Information Report (FIR) of seven of those cases. Even after a year, the investigation into the cases against him has still not been completed.
Ivy served as the Mayor of Narayanganj Municipality from 2003 to 2011. He later won three consecutive elections for the newly formed Narayanganj Municipal Corporation.