DE News Desk :
Singer Mainul Hasan Noble, known for his appearance in the 2019 edition of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, was arrested early Tuesday in Dhaka’s Demra area following allegations of raping and torturing a woman whom he allegedly held captive for seven months.
Demra Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mahmudur Rahman confirmed that the 31-year-old was detained around 2:00am during a raid at the Demra Staff Quarters.
The arrest followed a case filed late Monday night under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000.
“We have produced him before a Dhaka court seeking his remand,” the OC told.
According to a statement from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), the victim first came into contact with Noble via social media in 2018, and they maintained regular communication over the phone.
In November last year, she went to meet him in the Mohammadpur area, from where he allegedly lured her to his home-cum-studio in Demra.
There, Noble—reportedly under the influence of alcohol—and a group of unidentified accomplices allegedly raped and physically assaulted the woman, destroyed her phone, and recorded the incident using a mobile device.
The DMP stated that the woman was kept confined at the Demra flat until May 19, under threats that the video would be released online.
The case came to light after a video of the victim surfaced on social media, prompting her family to recognize her and contact the National Emergency Service (999).
Police responded and rescued the woman on Monday night at approximately 9:30pm.
Law enforcement officials said Noble’s involvement in the case was corroborated through CCTV footage analysis.
This is not the first time Noble has faced controversy.
In 2023, he was arrested in a fraud case after reportedly accepting money from event sponsors but failing to perform.
He was later granted bail.
That same year, he drew public backlash after appearing intoxicated at a college concert in Kurigram, where attendees pelted him with bottles and shoes.
Noble rose to fame as the second runner-up of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in 2019, earning acclaim for his renditions of classic Bangladeshi rock songs by James and Ayub Bachchu.