Taheruddin Thakur | |
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তাহেরউদ্দিন ঠাকুর | |
Died | (2009-02-17)17 February 2009 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Taheruddin Thakur (died 17 February 2009) was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as the Minister of State for Information at the cabinet of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Career
Thakur was arrested on 14 August 1996 over the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975. He was later acquitted. On 20 October 2004, the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court (Trial Court) acquitted Thakur of another charge in the Jail Killing case.
Thakur worked as a journalist at The Daily Ittefaq. He died on 17 February 2009 after suffering from kidney disease.
References
- ^ "Taheruddin Thakur dies". bdnews24.com. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- "BANGABANDHU AND LAPSES IN HIS SECURITY". The Daily Star. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- Sarkar, Ashutosh (29 January 2010). "Long road to justice". The Daily Star. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- "Marfat, Mridha to be hanged in Jail Killing Case". The Daily Ittefaq. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- 2009 deaths
- Bangladeshi journalists
- Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- State ministers of information of Bangladesh
- 1st Jatiya Sangsad members
- Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members
- People from Sarail Upazila
- Politicians from Chittagong Division
- Candidates in the 1970 Pakistani general election
- Members of the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh