DHAKA: The two sons of Hosni Mubarak have been released from jail, a day after the fourth anniversary of the uprising that ousted the former Egyptian president.

Alaa and Gamal Mubarak walked free from Cairo’s Torah Prison shortly after daybreak on Monday and headed to their homes in the suburb of Heliopolis.

Last week, a court ordered that the two men be freed pending retrial along with their father on corruption charges.

It ruled that they had already served the maximum pre-trial detention period, reports the BBC.

BDST: 1800 HRS, JAN 26, 2015