Bangladeshi politician (died 2009)
Taheruddin Thakur |
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Died | (2009-02-17)17 February 2009
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Nationality | Bangladeshi |
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Taheruddin Thakur (died 17 February 2009) was a Bangladeshi politician.[1] He served as the Minister of State for Information at the cabinet of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[2]
Career
Thakur was arrested on 14 August 1996 over the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975.[3] He was later acquitted.[1] On 20 October 2004, the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court (Trial Court) acquitted Thakur of another charge in the Jail Killing case.[4]
Thakur worked as a journalist at The Daily Ittefaq.[1] He died on 17 February 2009 after suffering from kidney disease.[1]
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