NIA Gets Custody Of 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack Plotter Tahawwur Rana

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has got 18 days of remand of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana during the late hearing on Thursday night. According to news agency ANI, the NIA had presented compelling evidence, including the emails sent by Rana, to justify his policy custody. The agency informed the court that custodial interrogation is crucial to uncovering the sinister plot.

#WATCH | Delhi | NIA sought 20 days remand of 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana. The order has been reserved by the court on how many days of remand to be granted.

Visuals from outside the Patiala House Court; 26/11 Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Rana has been produced… pic.twitter.com/RDjYA8Xv4g

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Rana was brought to the court in a cavalcade, including a jailman, an armoured SWAT vehicle and an ambulance. He was produced before Special NIA judge Chander Jit Singh. Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan and Special Public Prosecutor Narender Mann represented the NIA, while advocate Piyush Sachdeva from the Delhi Legal Services Authority represented Rana.

Before Rana was brought to the Patiala House Court, Delhi Police removed mediapersons and members of the public from the complex, citing security concerns. Police authorities said, no one would be permitted inside. Rana, a close associate of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack’s main conspirator David Coleman Headley, alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen, was brought to India on Thursday after the US Supreme Court on April 4 dismissed his review plea against his extradition to India.

NIA said on Thursday that it has successfully secured the extradition of Rana, the mastermind of the 26/11 attack in Mumbai. According to NIA, Rana was being held in judicial custody in the US pursuant to proceedings initiated under the India-US Extradition Treaty for his extradition. The extradition finally came through after Rana exhausted all legal avenues to stay the move.

“Rana is accused of conspiring with David Coleman Headley @ Daood Gilani, and operatives of designated terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (HUJI) along with other Pakistan-based co-conspirators, to carry out the devastating terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008. A total of 166 persons were killed and over 238 injured in the deadly attacks. Both LeT and HUJI have been declared as terrorist organisations by the Government of India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967,” the NIA said.