A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to singer Mainul Ahsan Nobel in a rape case, five days after he married the plaintiff.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub granted him bail on a bond of Tk 1,000.
Nobel was present at the dock during the hearing.
On June 18, Nobel married plaintiff of the case Ishrat Jahan Priya, a third-year student of Eden College, in presence of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter.
Later, a marriage ceremony was held inside the Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj.
On May 19, Priya lodged a complaint against Nobel.
According to the complaint, Noble came into contact with Priya over the phone and later, around seven months ago, took her from Mohammadpur to a flat in Amtala where she was kept in isolation and prevented from contacting her family.
A video of Priya recently went viral on social media prompting her parents to contact the police.
Police conducted a raid on the flat in Amtala and rescued Priya Noble managed to flee.
Noble gained popularity in both Bangladesh and West Bengal after participating in the 2019 edition of Zee Bangla’s music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.
