Dhaka, April 28 -- A Dhaka court has granted bail to model and chairperson of the Miss Bangladesh Foundation Meghna Alam, in a case filed by Dhanmondi Model Police Station, which accuses her of targeting foreign diplomats in a series of romance scams.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order on Monday.

The model's lawyer submitted a bail plea, arguing that no specific allegations were made against her.

Meghna, who was crowned Miss Earth Bangladesh on Oct 5, 2020, was taken into custody on April 9 from her residence in Dhaka's Bashundhara area.

Before her arrest, she streamed a live video on Facebook in which Meghna claimed that people identifying themselves as police were trying to force their way i...