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The extradition of Tahawwur Rana to India brings a closure at a 16 -year -old waiting and an extended legal battle in the United States, forming a key part of India’s investigation into the attacks 26/26
The Tahawwur Hussain Rana, Canadian-Pakistani, 62, is one of the key conspirators of the terrorist attacks of the 11/12 of Mumbai. (File photo)
Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the terrorist attacks of Mumbai 11/26, arrived in Delhi around 6.30 pm on a special flight on Thursday after his extradition of the United States.
The NIA team confirmed their judgment after landing at the Palam Technical Airport. It was then produced before a special court in the national capital the night of Thorsday.
The NIA sought custody of 20 days of frog, whom they accused of entering a criminal conspiracy with other conspirators to execute the 26/11 terrorist attacks. The Special Court sent frog to the 18 -day custody of the NIA after listening to the arguments.
Rana, a 64 -year -old Canadian or Pakistani citizen, has been reserved with multiple positions, including criminal conspiracy, murder and violations under the ULAWFUL Activities Law (prevention).
His extradition to India has the closure at a 16 -year -old waiting and an extended legal battle in the United States, forming a key part of India’s investigation into the 26/11 attacks that charged 166 lives.
Tahawwur Rana extradition: key event timeline
- November 26, 2008: Ten Pakistani terrorists were an uproar, carrying out coordinated terrorist attacks at the train station, two luxury hotels and a Jewish center in Mumbai, killing up to 166 people. They were placed in the country’s financial capital through the Arabic Sea and attacked for almost 60 hours.
- November 27: Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only surviving terrorist, was arrested by the Mumbai police.
- January 13, 2009: ML Tahaliaani appointed a special judge to make a trial in the case of Kasab and two Indians: Faheem Ansari and Sabaudin Ahmed.
- February 25: A sheet of charges was presented in the case, paving the way for a trial against the accused.
- OCTOBER 27: The key defendant Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a nearby associate of the main conspirators David Coleman Headley, also known as Gilani, was arrested by the Federal Research Office (FBI) of the United States.
- October: David Coleman Headley was arrested in the United States while trying to leave the country.
- November 11: The National Research Agency (NIA) registered a case against Headley, Rana and others in Delhi.
- May 6, 2010: A Court of First Special Instance in Mumbai granted the death penalty to Kasab and acquired the two Indians, not pointing to evidence against him.
- January 9, 2011: Rana was convicted after a three-week trial in the United States District Court and sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist plot in Denmark and provide material support to LASHKAR-E-TAIBAE-A. In Mumbai.
- DECEMBER 24: After completing the investigation, a position sheet was filed in a special judge court, NIA, Patiala House, New Delhi, against the accused. NIA also issued the Rana Extradition request to the United States.
- November 21, 2012: Kasab hung the death in the Yerawada prison in Pune
- June 10, 2020: The United States government requested a court order for frog under the Indian Extradition Treaty. UU. And granted the application on July 21, 2020.
- May 16, 2023: The California Magistrates Court cleared the extradition of frog to India.
- January 21, 2025: The United States Supreme Court refuses to listen to Rana’s request.
- February 13: Speaking at a joint press meeting together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, said his administration has approved the extradition of “one of the very evil conspirators and people in the world” to face justice in India.
- February 27: Rana presents ‘Emergency application for stay waiting for Litigation Litigation Litigation of Habeas Corpus’ with Associate Judge of the United States Supreme Court and the Justice of the Circuit for the Ninth Elena Kagan. However, Judge Kagan denied his request in March.
- Rana renovates the emergency application for stay waiting for Litigation Litigation of Habeas Corpus writing previously addressed to Judge Kagan, requesting a renewed request addressed to the President of the Supreme Court of the United States, John Roberts.
- April 7: The United States Supreme Court denies the petition for frog review.
- April 10: Rana was extradited from the United States.