New Delhi:
Tavavur Rana, an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, is being brought to India in a special aircraft after abolishing his legal options in the US, sources have said. The aircraft will need to be fuel and is expected to touch tonight or at the beginning of tomorrow.
This comes after the US Supreme Court dismisses Rana’s plea, which requests to stay on his extradition in India. The Supreme Court order said on Monday, “The application and court referred to the Chief Justice to address.”
The US Supreme Court denied a similar request in March. Rana had earlier told the American court that he was suffering from a abdominal aortic arterial artery, which was a large scale of Parkinson’s disease, and a large scale of bladder cancer, with cognitive decline in the immediate risk of breakdown. He had said that he would not live for a long time to try in India. He also alleged that he would be targeted in India due to national, religious and cultural enmity.
In February, US President Donald Trump met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and announced at a joint press conference that Tahwur Rana would face justice in India.
Rana is an associate of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the major conspirators of the 26 November attacks in Mumbai in 2008. He is a Pakistani-origin businessman, doctor and immigration entrepreneur. He is learned to have a connection with the intelligence of terrorist dress Lashkar-e-Taiba (Late) and Pakistan’s inter-service intelligence, also known as ISI.
The American jury acquitted Rana of the charge of providing material assistance for the attacks, but was convicted of two other allegations and sentenced to jail over 10 years. When his health failed after Kovid epidemic, he was released from jail. He was rearranged for extradition in India. Rana then challenged the extradition petition, but ended his legal options.
