Taheruddin Thakur

Taheruddin Thakur 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#Executions|assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman] on 15 August 1975. He was later acquitted. On 20 October 2004, the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's 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.