Sylhet: Suspended Sylhet city mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury was freed from jail on bail on Monday.  

Ariful was released from Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he was receiving treatment around 11am, said jailer of Dhaka Central Jail Nesar Alam.

Earlier, the suspended SCC mayor secured bail in two cases filed over the killing of former Finance Minister SAMS Kibria.

On March 22, the High Court granted bail to him for 15 days in the case filed for killing while a Habiganj court on Sunday granted bail in the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act over the incident.

Five people, including Kibria, were killed and 70 others injured in a grenade attack on a public rally of local Awami League at Baidder Bazar in Sadar upazila of Habiganj on January 27, 2005.

Awami League leader Abdul Mazid Khan filed two cases— one for murder and another under the Explosive Substances Act— with the Habiganj Police Station the following day.