Dhaka, April 17 -- A court has shown model Meghna Alam arrested on allegations of committing fraud by attempting to lure a foreign envoy into a romantic relationship.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Masum Mia made the decision after a hearing on Thursday.

Sub Inspector Abul Bashar, Dhanmondi Police Station general registration officer, said at the court that an investigating officer had petitioned for Meghna to be arrested in a fraud case at Dhanmondi Police Station. Public Prosecutor Omar Faruq Faruqi represented the state at the hearing.

Meghna was detained from a house in Dhaka's Bashundhara Residential Area on Apr 9.

Shortly before her arrest, she went live on Facebook, claiming that "people identifying themselves as police" were at...