Washington DC:
The extradition of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks has been accused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country earlier this week, accused of Tavavur Rana announced by US President Donald Trump, it is likely to be delayed, sources told NDTV Is.
Sources said that after the US Supreme Court dismissed Rana’s review petition, paving the way for his extradition, he filed a final appeal on a humanitarian grounds that could push his arrival in India for a few weeks.
A Canadian National Rana of Pakistani origin first worked as a doctor for the Pakistan Army and a federal jury blamed him for providing material assistance to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the terrorist organization behind the 2008 attacks in 2011. Was. In Mumbai, several places including Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and the prestigious Taj Mahal Hotel were attacked on 26 November 2008, and 166 people were killed, including police and security forces and 26 foreigners and 26 foreigners of foreigners and 26 foreigners.
During a joint press conference with PM Modi on Thursday, US President Donald Trump said, “Today, I am happy to announce that my administration has extradited one of the plotters and one of the very bad people in the world Rana has been approved), what to do with the 2008 Mumbai terror attack to face justice in India.
Trump also announced that India and America would act as “never before” to face the threat of “radical Islamic terror” worldwide.
On Saturday, sources told NDTV that Rana filed a final appeal on a humanitarian grounds at the US Appeal Forum and may delay extradition for a few weeks. Experts said this is a legal matter and will not affect strong diplomatic relations between India and the US.
Role of Rana
One of the main conspirators of the 26/11 attacks, Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley testified against Rana. Headley, during his interrogation in the United States, revealed that he had traveled to India five times between 2007 and 2008 and rejuvenated possible goals in Mumbai for the attacks.
Headley had said that he had visited India using a five-year visa that Rana had helped to receive him and his co-scientist also assisted him in opening an immigration company to hide his identity. .
In 2011, Rana was acquitted by the US court on charges of abolishing Mumbai terror attacks, but Lashkar-e-Tabiba was convicted of providing material assistance and helping a terrorist conspiracy in Denmark.
,
