Dhaka: Bangladesh National Cricket Team player Arafat Sunny will be placed before the cybercrime tribunal on Wednesday for hearing over an appeal petition in a case filed against him under Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Sunny’s counsel M Jewel Ahmed told NTV Online the hearing on the appeal petition will be conducted at KM Shamsul Alam’s court at about 2:00pm.

Earlier, on 12 February, a Dhaka court denied a bail petition filed by the player in a woman repression case and sent him to jail.

Nasrim Sultana, claimed to be his wife, filed a woman repression case against Arafat Sunny and his mother Nargis Akter, with Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal 4 on 1 February.

The court on the same day ordered Mohammadpur police to record the case statement.

On 22 January, the Mohammadpur police Bangladesh national team off-spinner Sunny in Aminbazar in a case filed against him under ICT act.

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.

Arafat Sunny is a left-handed batsman and slow left arm spinner 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.