Washington:
The United States Department of State has said that it is currently evaluating the next steps with respect to the extradition of Tahawwur Rana to India.
A state department spokesman told ANI that the United States has long supported India’s efforts to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai Attacks 26/11 before justice.
“In view of the recent decision of the Supreme Court, and in accordance with the applicable American law, the State Department is currently evaluating the next steps in this case,” said the statement.
“We have long supported India’s efforts to ensure that the perpetrators of Mumbai’s terrorist attacks in front of justice,” the statement added.
The Pakistani entrepreneur Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was convicted of his role in 26/11 attacks against Mumbai that resulted in the death of 164 people, could now be extradited to India.
Rana conspirators included, among others, David Headley. Headley declared himself guilty and cooperated against frog.
On January 21, the United States Supreme Court denied a request for writing of Certioari presented by Rana that seeks to avoid its extradition to India.
The brief had been presented in November 2024 against an earlier order of a lower court that had ruled in favor of his extradition to India. A judicial order of Certioari is a legal document that allows a higher court to review a case of a lower court.
This could pave the way for its probable extradition to India.
Rana was previously prosecuted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The second replacement accusation accused him of three positions. The jury condemned him in Count 11 (conspiracy to provide material support for terrorism in Denmark). The jury also condemned Rana for Count 12 (providing material support to Lashkar-E Taiyba).
174 people, including 20 security force personnel and 26 foreigners, died and more than 300 were injured in the horrible attacks that took place at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
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