While most singers are known for their melodious voice, a singer-actor from Bangladesh became famous for quite the opposite – his lack of musical talent. Hero Alom, who became internet-famous for his out-of-tune songs, recently claimed that he was arrested by the police in Bangladesh and asked to stop singing. Talking to the AFP on Wednesday, Alom said he was “mentally tortured” by the police and made to sign an “apology” bond for performing classical songs by Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh. He added that the police asked him to drop his moniker ‘Hero’, a claim that the police have rejected. "The police picked me up at 6 am and kept me there for eight hours. They asked me why I sing Rabindra and Nazrul songs," the 37-year-old said. Responding to the claims, Dhaka's chief detective Harun ur Rashid said Alom was arrested for wearing the police uniform in his videos without proper permission. The chief detective added that they had also received several complaints against Alom for his take on old classical songs. "We received many complaints against him. (He) totally changed the (traditional) style (of singing). He assured us that he won't repeat this," Harun told the AFP. After being released from jail, Alom made a new song that showed him being imprisoned and waiting to be hanged. Meanwhile, news of Alom’s arrest has prompted many of his fans to speak out in support of him on social media. The confidence we all Need🥲 Hero Alom is indeed the power house of Confidence… pic.twitter.com/bXrd1mPTFi — 𝓢𝓱𝓮 (@zolianu_) August 4, 2022 An appeal to not put restrictions on Hero Alom, a personal favourite of mine. Next thing they will come after the Kakoli Furniture girls. :( — Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) August 5, 2022 Most funny news ever come across! 😅🤣 #heroalom pic.twitter.com/nQnYRbokap — Manas Maisnam (@MaisnamManas) August 5, 2022 The Indian sub continent is truly a hilarious place to live in. — Makarand (मकरंद) (مکرند) (@Makarand_S) August 5, 2022 #Pushpa fans should definitely hear Hero Alom's cover of #Srivalli then. (And no, I am not making this up. It exists on YouTube!) — Rony Patra (@ronypatra) August 5, 2022 The cultural elites were fine with Hero Alom's activities until he went too far & started covering the Ideological father of the cultural elites! If this doesn't ring any bell to the open thinkers, nothing will! — Mahbubun Nabi Rasel (@MahbubNabi) July 28, 2022
