Tahawwur Rana Extradition: 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack Mastermind Slated To Land in India Today, NIA Will Take Him Into Custody
After the US Supreme Court rejected Tahawwur Rana's petition to stop his extradition to India, he is slated to land in the country on Wednesday, and the NIA is taking his custody. Sources said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will bring the 26/11 mastermind, Tahawwur Rana, to India.
New Delhi, April 9: After the US Supreme Court rejected Tahawwur Rana's petition to stop his extradition to India, he is slated to land in the country on Wednesday, and the NIA is taking his custody. Sources said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will bring the 26/11 mastermind, Tahawwur Rana, to India.
It was unclear whether he would be brought to Delhi or Mumbai. However, sources said that he is likely to land in Mumbai, where the 26/11 plan was executed. The sources also said that he would spend the initial few weeks in NIA custody. Rana is being brought to India to face legal consequences for his role in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed 157 people. The US Court denied his plea to stop his extradition to India. 슬롯사이트œApplication (슬롯사이트�) denied by the Court,슬롯사이트� read the Supreme Court docket as updated on Monday.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천US Top Court Rejects Extradition Stay Plea of 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack Accused Tahawwur Rana.
Rana, a Pakistani-Canadian and member of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), had tried to stop his extradition, citing fears of torture by mentioning a UK case. 슬롯사이트œA man convicted of money laundering was prevented from being extradited by a London court upholding his fears of torture. If that person could not be extradited to India because he was likely to be tortured, the petitioner is even more likely to be tortured and similarly should not be extradited,슬롯사이트� Tillman J. Finley, counsel to Rana, said in the application.
The application was rejected by Justice Elena Kagan in March. Rana went on appeal to Chief Justice John Roberts, and the matter was posted for conference on Friday. The justices슬롯사이트� verdict was posted on Monday. Rana is wanted in India for helping David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani-American found guilty by a US jury of scoping out the targets hit by the LeT terrorists in 2008. 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.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천US Supreme Court Rejects 26/11 Accused Tahawwur Rana슬롯사이트™s Plea To Block Extradition to India.
Due to failing health in the aftermath of Covid-19, he was ordered to be released from jail. But he was rearrested for extradition to India. Headley had secured himself a guarantee against extradition in a plea deal with the US authorities. Rana appealed against his extradition, and exhausted his legal options with his appeal to the chief justice being denied. President Donald Trump had announced his extradition to India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi슬롯사이트™s visit to the White House in February. Rana subsequently went to the Supreme Court to stop his extradition.
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