Dhaka: A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted an interim bail to national cricketer Arafat Sunny in connection with a dowry case filed by the woman who claims to be his wife.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Nur Nabi issued the order.

Earlier, Sunny surrendered before the court following an order and sought bail.

Nasrin Sultana, who filed another case on ICT act, filed the case against Sunny and his mother with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate on charge of demanding Tk 20 lakh as dowry on 23 January.

After recording statement of Nasrin, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Raihanul Islam exempted Sunny’s mother Nargis Akter from the charges and asked Sunny to appear before the court on Wednesday.

According to the case statement, Arafat Sunny got married to Nasrin Sultana on 4 December, 2014 with an endowment of Tk 0.51million and since then they used to live at the house of Nasrin’s sister in Katasur as a couple.

On 29 July, 2015, Sunny and his mother demanded Tk 2 million as dowry from Nasrin and asked her to bring the money from her father. As Nasrin refused to bring the money Sunny left her, she claimed.

Besides, she alleged, Sunny threatened her to publish their personal photographs if she fails to provide the dowry money on 23 December, 2016.

Later, Nasrin lodged a general diary with the local police station on 25 December, 2016.