Singer Mainul Ahsan Noble has been granted bail after signing a bond of BDT 5,000, in a fraud case filed with Motijheel Police Station.

Noble told the media, "It was all a misunderstanding regarding the North Bengal programme, I have promised them that I will go there and perform in their event soon. I really want to apologise for the inconvenience."

Yesterday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shafiuddin passed the order after his lawyer submitted an application, seeking bail in the case.

Earlier in the day, Humayun Kabir, an inspector of the Detective Branch (DB) of Police, along with the investigation officer (IO) in the case, produced Noble before the court, upon completion of his one-day remand. In the forwarding report, the IO said he interrogated Noble on a one-day remand, where he gave important information about the incident which was being verified. Therefore, the IO appealed to the court to confine Noble in jail until the investigation is complete.

On Saturday, Noble was placed on a one-day remand after he was produced before another court, with a three-day remand request. Earlier that day, the DB arrested him in connection with the case filed by Safayet Islam, a former student of Shariatpur's Bhedarganj Headquarter Pilot Government High School, on May 16. According to the case statement, it was alleged that Noble, on March 25 this year, signed a contract promising to perform a live programme at a school in Shariatpur, scheduled for April 28.

The complainant was present at the court today and in his statement, he shared that he had received BDT100,000 and that he had no objection if Noble received bail.

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The singer took an advance payment of BDT 172,000 in several phases from the organisers, but did not show up at the event. This resulted in problems for the organisers, according to the case statement.