Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, a key determine sought by India in reference to the 2008 Mumbai terror assault, the US Courtroom of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has decided that Rana will be extradited to India. This ruling comes below the present extradition treaty between the US and India.
“The (India-US Extradition) Treaty permits Rana’s extradition,” the court docket stated in its ruling on August 15, reported PTI.
Allegations In opposition to Rana’s In The 26/11 Assaults
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Rana is alleged to have offered the blueprint that enabled Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to execute the Mumbai assaults.
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He faces costs together with felony conspiracy, waging or making an attempt to wage conflict in opposition to the Authorities of India, homicide, forgery for dishonest, and different offenses below the Indian Penal Code.
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He’s additionally needed for plotting assaults on the Nationwide Defence School and Chabad Home, a Jewish outreach heart in Mumbai.
Who Is Tahawwur Rana
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a former military physician from Pakistan, later moved to Canada the place he grew to become a businessman specializing in immigration providers. He ran First World Immigration Companies with workplaces in Chicago and different cities.
At 63, Rana is at the moment imprisoned in Los Angeles following India’s extradition request accepted by the U.S. He faces a number of felony costs associated to the Mumbai terror assaults.
The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) seeks Rana for his involvement within the November 26, 2008 terror assault.
This assault, carried out by 10 Pakistani terrorists, laid siege for over 60 hours to a number of iconic places in Mumbai, together with Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Taj Mahal Resort, Nariman Home, and Cama and Albless Hospital. The assault resulted within the deaths of 166 folks, together with six People. Through the hours lengthy operation, the NSG and different safety companies killed 9 terrorists whereas one, Ajmal Kasab, was captured alive.
Rana And David Headley Connection
Rana is thought for his affiliation with David Coleman Headley, often known as ‘Daood Gilani,’ a key conspirator of the assaults. Rana assisted Headley and others in Pakistan, aiding the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in executing the Mumbai assaults.
Each Rana and Headley had travelled collectively from New York to Pakistan and from Dubai to Pakistan within the days previous the Mumbai terror assault.
Rana and Headley, each having connections to Chicago, have been faculty buddies. Headley, a U.S. citizen with partial Pakistani descent, is serving a 35-year jail sentence for planning the 2008 Mumbai assaults.
Rana can be accused of helping in planning an assault on a Danish newspaper, with Headley additionally concerned.
