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Now, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Mumbai Police and other forces of the State Police will have the opportunity to question Rana directly for their cases and seek their explanations, the sources said.
Tahawwur Rana is looking for a stay of his extradition to India after the United States Supreme Court rejected its emergency offer. (File photo)
Mumbai’s attacks condemn Tahawwur Rana’s extradition has a significant value for Indian intelligence agencies beyond mere optic. As a key figure involved in the most significant attack after September 11, his judgment in India could provide new ideas, potentially discovering more details about the conspiracy, they told the main sources of intelligence to CNN-NEWS18.
While frog’s interrogation may not be a complete solution, it will help fill the gaps in the understanding of the India of the Lashkar-E-Taiba (let) and its connection with the ISI. Unlike the armed militants, Rana was influenced by the radical Islamist ideology, which makes it a valuable source to understand the mission of the global jihad supported by groups such as Lashkar, Jaish or ISIS.
According to the main sources of intelligence, this is the first time that a sophisticated terrorist as a frog, unlike Ajmal Kasab, will be questioned in the Indian environment. Althegh were carried out extensive interrogations in the US prisons., The process was controlled and limited by the dependence of foreign agencies. Now, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Mumbai Police and other forces of the State Police will have the opportunity to question Rana directly for their cases and seek their explanations, the sources said.
Previously, CIA cooperation was minimal to expand the probe to include Lashkar and Jaish. However, in this case, the Indian agencies will aim to explore all the roads. Frog statements, registered with the investigators and those interrogated in the Court, will serve as testimony, providing documented evidence of ISI’s participation and helping to exert more international pressure on Pakistan to act against the terrorist groups Lashkar-Eish, Sour.
Rana’s proximity to Mumbai attack planners makes it a key source for information on Like Hafiz Saeed and Zaki Ur Rehman Lakhvi leadership structure. Althegh, his direct links with JEM are not clear, his knowledge of ISI’s terrorist ecosystem could reveal his shared resources, such as training camps, financing networks and safe houses, as well as his writing responsibilities, sources added. For example, let yourself focus on Indian -centered attacks such as Mumbai, while JEM specialized in back -centered operations such as pulwama attack in 2019.
The conviction of frog in Denmark’s horror plot 2009 aimed at the Jyllands Posts newspaper highlights its role in global jihadism. The Indian agencies will explore international ambitions Let’s International and their plans beyond southern Asia, including recruitment efforts in the West, the sources said.