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US Court Approves Extradition Of Key Mumbai Attack Suspect To India

| Updated: January 25, 2025 13:38

Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, identified as one of key suspects in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, has been granted permission by the US Supreme Court to be extradited to India. Six Americans were among the 166 people killed in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which Rana is allegedly involved.

Indian officials had been looking out for Rana (63), who was held in a prison in Los Angeles, for his alleged involvement in the attacks that hit several Mumbai locales.

India sent the United States a diplomatic message requesting Rana’s extradition on December 4, 2019. In addition, India filed a case on June 10, 2020, asking for Rana’s temporary arrest in preparation for extradition. The extradition of Rana to India was authorised and supported by the Joe Biden Administration. A bilateral extradition treaty between the two nations dates back to 1997.

Apparently associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, alias Daood Gilani, Rana is accused of being his accomplice in Pakistan to assist the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in carrying out the attack.

Headley, an approver in the case, is serving a 35-year sentence in the US for his involvement in the attack.

Rana’s appeal against his extradition was denied by the US Supreme Court a few weeks after he filed the case, paving the path for his extradition to India. Rana contended in his plea that he was tried and found not guilty of charges connected to the Mumbai attacks in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago). He added that he might be deported to India for a retrial on the same allegations, where he could be found guilty and given a death penalty.

The US government had previously argued in court that the writ of certiorari (to be informed) petition should be rejected. This was stated in a December 16 brief to the Supreme Court by US Solicitor General Elizabeth B Prelogar. According to her, Rana was not entitled to this case’s relief from extradition to India.

Joshua L Dratel, his attorney, replied on December 23 that he disagreed with the government’s stance and asked the Supreme Court to take up the matter. The plea was denied by the court.

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