26/11 Mumbai Attack Accused Tahawwur Rana To Be Extradited To India Soon, Jails Being Readied: Reports
The 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana will be extradited to India from the US shortly. This comes after the US Supreme Court rejected his appeal seeking a stay on his extradition to India.
According to a report by News 18, a multi-agency team from India travelled to the United Stated to bring the 26/11 attack accused back to the country. The team is reportedly completing the paperwork and fulfilling the formalities and legalities with the US authorities.
"There is a very high possibility that Rana could be extradited to India shortly," sources told CNN-News18.
The high-security cells in Delhi's Tihar jail and Mumbai's Arthur Road prison have been directed to stay prepared for a high-risk detainee. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had recently obtained court orders seeking the transfer of the case from Mumbai to Delhi.
NIA could seek Rana's custodial interrogation after he lands in India and is produced in court. He is likely to land in Mumbai, where the 26/11 plan was executed and would spend the initial few weeks in NIA custody, news agency IANS reported.
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US Denies Rana's Appeal Against Extradition To India
Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged at a metropolitan detention centre in Los Angeles. He is known to be associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Rana was convicted in the US of one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the terrorist plot in Denmark and one count of providing material support to Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashker-e-Taiba, which was responsible for the attacks in Mumbai.
Although he was acquitted by a US jury of providing material support for the attacks, he was found guilty of two other charges for which he was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
India had sought Rana's extradition to face trial for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks that killed more than 150 people.
Rana had approached the US Supreme Court and submitted an ‘Emergency Application For Stay Pending Litigation of Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus' on February 27, 2025, before Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit Elena Kagan.
However, his application was denied earlier last month.
Rana then renewed his petition and requested that the renewed application be directed to US Chief Justice John Roberts. A Supreme Court order noted that Rana's renewed application had been "distributed for Conference" on April 4 and has been "referred to the Court." On Monday, the Supreme Court website said "Application denied by the Court."
President Donald Trump announced during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Modi in the White House in February that his administration has approved the extradition of "very evil" Rana to face justice in India.
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