Dhaka: A court on Wednesday granted bail to Ganajagaran Manch spokesperson Imran H Sarkar in a defamation case filed for his derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sheikh Samidul Islam passed the order on a bond of Tk 10,000.

Earlier in the day, Imran surrendered to the court and filed the bail petition through his counsel Prakash Ranjan Biswas.

On October 26, the court issued arrest warrant against Imran in the case.

According to the case statement, Imran and Sanatan Ullash, a cultural activist, chanted defamatory slogans against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on May 27 over the removal of the statue of Lady Justice from the Supreme Court premises.