US Court Grants Tahawwur Rana Extension in Mumbai Attack Extradition Case
The United States court grants Tahawwur Hussain Rana more time to oppose extradition to India in Mumbai attack case.
The United States court grants Tahawwur Hussain Rana more time to oppose extradition to India in Mumbai attack case.
Ujjwal Nikam, the special public prosecutor of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, says the possible extradition of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, an accused in the case, is now a question of a few months.
Rana was arrested in the US on an extradition request by India for his role in these attacks in which 10 Pakistani terrorists laid a more than 60-hour siege
There is probable cause that Rana committed the crimes of conspiracy with the object of committing a terrorist act, in violation of IPC 120B and UAPA 16, and conspiracy to commit a terrorist act, said the document submitted by the US attorney
The 59-year-old Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Rana, a childhood friend of David Coleman Headley, was re-arrested on June 10 in Los Angeles.
Rana, 59, was ordered to be released from jail on compassionate ground after he told a US court that he has tested positive for the COVID-19. He was rearrested in Los Angeles on June 10 following an extradition request by India, where he is a declared fugitive.
Rana, 59, was recently released from jail on compassionate ground after he told an American court that he has tested positive for Coronavirus.
