Mamun Mia, who spent nearly four months in jail after being wrongly arrested in a cheque dishonour case because of a name match, has received Tk30 lakh in compensation from Bishwas Poultry and Fish Feeds Limited. The company also offered an unconditional apology. On Thursday, Dhaka’s Fourth Joint Metropolitan Sessions Judge Tania Sultana Lipi accepted settlement documents, after which Mia withdrew his complaint against those responsible.

The case was filed in 2019 over a Tk32 lakh cheque that was dishonoured. On June 29, 2025, the court sentenced the accused to one year of simple imprisonment and imposed a Tk32 lakh fine. After his arrest on February 5, 2026, Mia said he was not the actual accused and had no connection to the bank account or cheque. A police investigation found he was arrested solely because of a matching name. The court acquitted him on May 19, and he was released the following day. The company said the incident resulted from mistakes by several officials and that action had been taken against them.