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The 64-year-old is expected to be lodged in Tihar Jail in Delhi. Sources said that he will be arrested by the National Investigation Agency
Tahawwur Rana landed in New Delhi on Thursday. (File photo)
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is accused of plotting the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, reached New Delhi on Thursday evening, a day after a multi-agency Indian team left from the United States with him on a special flight.
Rana, who is identified as the mastermind of the deadly 26/11 attacks, is expected to be lodged in Tihar Jail in Delhi, sources informed, adding that he will be arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). A joint team of the NIA and the Research and Analysis Wing reportedly brought him back.
The team had travelled to the US after the country’s Supreme Court dismissed Rana’s review plea seeking an emergency stay on his extradition to India.
According to the officials, high-security cells in Tihar Jail in the national capital and Arthur Road prison in Mumbai have been prepared for high-risk detainee. The NIA has also recently obtained a court order on the transfer of his case from Mumbai to Delhi.
Rana has been charged with criminal conspiracy, waging war against the government of India, murder and forgery and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
What Are The Charges Against Tahawwur Rana?
Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman, is known to have been an active operative of the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). He played a pivotal role in facilitating travel documents for David Headley, who conducted reconnaissance of key targets in Mumbai, which were later attacked, killing 164 people, including six Americans.
The NIA charge sheet against Tahawwur Rana- filed in December 2011- accused him, David Headley and six others of planning and executing terror attacks in India.
The charge sheet included statements of 134 witnesses, 210 documents and 106 emails, including one from David Headley’s wife who “congratulated” him for his graduation and also said that she “saw the show (broadcast of the terror attack) all day”.
David Headley and Tahawwur Rana were in constant communication in the run-up to the 26/11 attacks, emails accessed by NIA showed.
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