Mumbai 26/11 terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana extradited from US
Mumbai 26/11 terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana extradited from US
Eventually, United States has extradited Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the Pakistani-origin Canadian-American wanted for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks conspiracy. Pakistan on Thursday 10, April, asserted that it has nothing to do with the
26/11 Mumbai terror attack and that he is a Canadian national and has not renewed his Pakistani documents for over two decades.
The NIA in 2011, had charge-sheeted Tahawwur Rana in absentia following his arrest in the US as an accomplice of David Headley, the
Lashkar-E-Taiba mastermind who carried out the planning and reconnaissance operations for the Mumbai attacks at the behest of LeT chief Hafiz Saeed. In particular, Rana was involved in the planning of the Mumbai attacks, assisting Headley in procuring a visa and creating a false identity so he could travel to India.
Rana was flown back from US by an NIA team to India after extradition from the U.S.
Metro station was closed for public movement around the area was restricted as part of precautionary measures due to the expected arrival of key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
From the airport he was taken in a bullet-proof car.
As per former Cop part of NIA team Tahawwur Rana will boost probe,
Former Kerala Police Chief Loknath Behera, who was part of the NIA team that investigated the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, on Thursday said that the extradition of accused Tahawwur Rana to India will significantly strengthen efforts to uncover the broader conspiracy behind the attacks.
Patiala court bar body ‘committed to ensure’ fair, transparent trial of Tahawwur Rana
New Delhi Bar Association on Thursday assured a fair and transparent trial, without any disturbance against accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana.
The bar association assured no disruption in the law and order situation within the complex or interference in the judicial proceedings during Rana’s production in the court.
Three turning points that led to Rana’s extradition.Though Rana’s trial began in 2018, the turning point in the extradition case came in May 2023. On May 16, 2023, US District Court of Central District of California allowed the extradition of Tahawwur Rana.
The second crucial milestone for the Indian government came when Rana’s appeal was dismissed by a US District Judge on August 10, 2023.
Following the dismissal of his appeal, Rana moved the US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, but was faced with another setback for his plea was rejected on August 15, 2024.
Rana then moved the US Supreme Court, which denied him any reprieve on January 21, 2025.
Finally, on April 4, the US Supreme Court dismissed the review plea filed by Rana as a last-ditch attempt, paving the way for his extradition.
Modi govt merely benefited from diplomacy begun under UPA: Congress on extradition
Congress leader and former Home Minister P Chidambaram said the government did not secure any breakthrough to make the extradition possible, nor is it the result of any grandstanding.
Chidambaram added that it was a testament to what the Indian state can achieve when diplomacy, law enforcement and international cooperation are pursued sincerely and without any kind of chest-thumping.
“While the Modi government is rushing to take credit for this development, the truth is far from their spin,” Chidambaram said in a statement.
This extradition is the culmination of a decade-and-a-half of painstaking diplomatic, legal and intelligence efforts which were initiated, led, and sustained by the UPA government in close coordination with the United States, he said.
Rana, a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI), had entered into a criminal conspiracy for executing the Mumbai carnage around the beginning of 2005 along with other co-conspirators based in Pakistan, as per the NIA chargesheet.
Rana’s role as a co-conspirator of the Mumbai terror attacks surfaced during the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe.
A Delhi court has received the trial records of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks ahead of its alleged mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana’s arrival in India from the U.S.
The records were received by the court of District Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav recently in pursuance of his January 28 direction to the staff of a Mumbai court to send the records.
The judge passed the order on an application moved by the National Investigation Agency in Delhi, seeking to retrieve the records from Mumbai.
News Edit KV Raman
