A court in Bogura has denied bail to Internet star Hero Alom and sent him to jail on charges of assaulting his wife.
Ashraful Alom popularly known as Hero Alom was produced at the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ahemmed Shahriar on Thursday (Mar 7), said investigating officer SI Abdur Rahim.
On Wednesday, a domestic dispute spiralled into a brawl, with Alom injuring his wife which required her to be hospitalized. His wife’s family also beat him up.
Both parties reported to Bogura Sadar police OC Badiuzzaman said that Alom filed a complaint against his in-laws on Wednesday while his father-in-law Saiful Islam filed another complaint against him later in the day.
Both parties were called to the police station the same day after which the complaint by Alom’s father-in-law was lodged as a case.
Hero Alom, who had nearly 399,262 followers on his Facebook page on Wednesday (Mar 6), came to fame with amateur music videos that fired up social media.
He tried his hand at politics during the last national polls and sought the HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party’s ticket but was snubbed.
Alom’s father-in-law claimed that he assaulted his wife over dowry.
Meanwhile, Alom had alleged that five people, including his wife and father-in-law, attacked him with staves.