Dhaka: National Cricket Team player Arafat Sunny has been produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s (CMM) court on Sunday afternoon for blackmailing a woman through exposing her personal photos on social networking site Facebook.

A hearing is scheduled to be held over bail and police custody at Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates Pranab Kumar Hui’s court at about 3:00pm.

The court’s General Registrar Officer (GRO) Nizam Uddin told NTV Online Sunny has been brought to the court. However, the petition seeking police custody has not been reached the court yet.

Earlier, on Sunday morning, the Mohammadpur police arrested Bangladesh national team off-spinner Sunny in Aminbazar.

Investigation officer, Mohammadpur police Sub-inspector (SI) Yahya Ahmed said Arafat Sunny registered a fake account on the name of the woman, reported to be his girlfriend, and was blackmailing her by posting exposed photographs of her on Facebook.

Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur Rahman said a team of Mohammadpur police conducted a drive in the area and arrested the cricketer at about 9:00am.

Jamaluddin Mir, officer‐in‐charge of the police station, said Nasrin Sultana, a friend of Sunny, filed the case against the cricketer under the ICT Act on 5 January.

The OC also said they will produce Sunny before the court in the afternoon and seek a five‐day custody for interrogation.

Arafat Sunny is a left-arm off-spinner and left-handed batsman of Bangladesh National Cricket team. The 30-year-old player made his debut for Dhaka Division in 2001. He broke into Bangladesh’s one-day international (ODI) side in early 2014.

He took 2-31 in his first outing against Sri Lanka, but his two best performances came in November 2014 when he took 4-27 and 4-29 in two matches against Zimbabwe, in a good show of form ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.