Lutfa Taher | |
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Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 19 March 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 July 1947 |
Political party | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |
Lutfa Taher (born 31 July 1947) is a Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and member of parliament.
Lutfa Taher was married to Colonel Abu Taher. [1] Her husband was executed on 17 July 1976 after a trial by military court. Lutfa Taher, her brother-in-law M. Anwar Hossain, and the wife of Yousuf Ali Khan who was sentenced to life in prison by the same military tribunal and was Taher's brother, Fatema Yousuf filled petitions questioning the legality of the military tribunal on 22 August 2010. On 10 January 2009 Bangladesh High Court started the hearing on the case. [2] On 22 August 2011, Justices AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Sheikh M Jakir Hossain gave their verdict on the case. On 20 May 2013 Bangladesh High Court declared the military tribunal verdict illegal and unconstitutional. [3]
On 7 November 2007, during the Caretaker government rule, Lutfa Taher refuted the statement of Khandaker Abdur Rashid, convicted killer of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who alleged that Colonel Abu Taher and General Ziaur Rahman were involved with the military coup that saw the overthrow and murder of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Abdur Rashid made the allegation on a Channel i interview. [4] On 19 March 2014 she was elected unopposed from reserved seats for women in the parliament as a candidate of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. [5]
Abu Taher was a Bengali military serviceman, who served in the Pakistan Army, and later in BDF. He crossed into India around early August and reported to the Indian authorities. After a week screening at Dehradun, India, Taher reported to Kolkata, Bangladesh Provincial government at 8 Theatre Rd. He was ordered to report to Sector 11 of Mukti Bahini under command of Major Ziaur Rahman, he became the sector commander after him. He served in BDF from end of August to 2 November 1971. He was awarded the medal Bir Uttom for his gallantry in the liberation war. He was released from military service by Indian military medical board in Pune, India after his leg was amputated. After independence, he was inducted into the Bangladesh Army for administrative retirement with legacy rank of lieutenant colonel. After settling in with family, the government of Bangladesh appointed him with employment at Kumilla. Later Taher turned into a political activist and leader of the left-wing Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal.
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