Tahawwur Rana News
Rana was produced before Special Judge Chander Jit Singh through video conference upon the expiry of the previously granted judicial custody.
The NIA is also preparing to take Tahawwur Rana to Mumbai and other cities to reconstruct the chain of events preceding the terror attack that left 166 people dead.
A special NIA court allowed the collection of voice and handwriting samples of 26/11 Mumbai terror accused Tahawwur Rana, recently extradited from the US.
Tahawwur Rana, the 26/11 attack mastermind, told investigators that he had "no connection whatsoever" with the planning or execution of the attack.
Tahawwur Rana, the 64-year-old Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman, was brought to the National Investigation Agency(NIA) headquarters here early this morning shortly after a Delhi court granted the agency his 18-day custody.
In its order, the judge directed the NIA to conduct medical examination of Rana every 24 hours, and allow him to meet his lawyer every alternate day.
In a bit of intercepted conversation between Rana and David Headley released in a statement by the US Department of Justice, it was revealed that after the Mumbai attacks, Rana allegedly told Headley that the Indians 'deserved it.'
Rana, the 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind, landed in India on Thursday, hours after which he was taken into custody by the anti-terror agency on the orders of the Special Court in New Delhi.
Rana, the 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind, landed in India on Thursday hours after which he was taken into custody by the anti-terror agency on the orders of the Special Court in New Delhi.
On April 9, the United States extradited Rana, 64, to India "to face justice for his role in planning the horrific 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks,” US Department of State Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Thursday.
Tahawwur Rana was escorted to Delhi by teams of NIA and National Security Guard (NSG), comprising senior officials, on a special plane from Los Angeles
Former diplomat KP Fabian said that while Rana's extradition is a 'better late than never' development for India, the government should also have a clear idea of what they want to get out of this.
Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman, faces charges related to the Mumbai attack carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Tahawwur Rana Extradition Updates: Rana is being brought to India after his last-ditch attempt to evade extradition failed as the US Supreme Court justices rejected his application. He is expected to reach New Delhi on Thursday afternoon.
Rana, 64, is a Pakistan-born Canadian national and close associate of one of the main conspirators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen.
A multi-agency team has gone to the US and all paperwork and legal issues are being completed with US authorities to bring him to India.
Tahawwur Rana had submitted an ‘Emergency Application For Stay Pending Litigation of Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus' on February 27, 2025, with Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit Elena Kagan.
Rana is seeking a stay of his extradition and surrender to India pending litigation (including exhaustion of all appeals) on the merits of a petition he filed on February 13.
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