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Delhi court reserves order on Tahawwur Rana’s plea for calls to family | Latest News India

Delhi court reserves order on Tahawwur Rana’s plea for calls to family | Latest News India

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A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved orders on an application moved by Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks of 2008, seeking permission for a telephonic facility to speak to his family members, in the face of opposition by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) claiming that the facility could be misused to pass on information crucial to the investigation of the case. Tahawwur Rana was extradited from the U.S. after a protracted legal battle and was remanded to 18-day NIA custody on April 11. (HT Archive) In an in-camera hearing held before NIA judge Chanderjit Singh of Patiala House Court, the agency opposed the application moved on behalf of Rana, to talk to his family members while in custody of NIA. Rana was extradited from the U.S. after a protracted legal battle and was remanded to 18-day NIA custody on April 11. He will be produced before the court next on April 28. The application, filed last week directly before the court, said that Rana needs to talk to his family …

‘NIA should get fair chance’: Why judge sent Tahawwur Rana to 18-day custody | Latest News India

‘NIA should get fair chance’: Why judge sent Tahawwur Rana to 18-day custody | Latest News India

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A Delhi court on Friday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) 18 days of custodial interrogation of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, emphasising the importance of providing NIA with a “fair chance to thoroughly investigate the matter”. A cavalcade escorting Tahawwur Hussain Rana leaves the Patiala House Court, in New Delhi on Friday. (HT PHOTO) Special NIA Judge Chander Jit Singh, while allowing NIA’s plea in the early hours of Friday, also noted satisfaction that the agency presented “enough material” reflecting a prima facie case and the “potential role of accused”. Also Read: Towards closure on 26/11 attacks Rana, a 64-year-old Canadian citizen and former captain in the Pakistan army, arrived in Delhi on a special aircraft at around 6 pm after a stop in Dubai on Friday. He was immediately arrested by NIA, underwent a medical examination, and was subsequently produced before the Patiala House court late Friday night. According to NIA, Rana conspired with his childhood friend David Coleman Headley, who was convicted in the US for …

As Tahawwur Rana Talks, Pakistan Had Better Lend An Ear

As Tahawwur Rana Talks, Pakistan Had Better Lend An Ear

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One can hardly say that “the eagle has landed” in the manner of spy thrillers. Intel coding for movement to India of a despised terrorist would be more like, “the carrion crow has been shackled”. For, Tahawwur Rana was not even a terrorist who risked his life to commit violence. He stayed in the shadows, pushing and guiding others, from his comfortable home in Chicago. But make no mistake. He’s critical for a clear understanding of what happened not just before the Mumbai attacks, but after it. He was, after all, arrested only a year later, and he and David Headley began to operate together in 1997. That’s nearly 12 years of information. The Intel guys are going to have fun. Let’s take Tahawwur Rana apart – apart from the usual banalities. That he was from an elite family, and was able to study in the Pakistan army’s Hassan Abdal cadet college is clear. He also went for trips with fellow student Daud Gilani, or David Headley, to the tribal areas, where the latter at …

PM Modi’s 2011 Post On Tahawwur Rana Goes Viral After His Extradition

PM Modi’s 2011 Post On Tahawwur Rana Goes Viral After His Extradition

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 14-year-old post on X on Tahawwur Rana, accused of plotting the 26/11 terror attacks, has gone viral as the latter was extradited from the US and reached Delhi on Thursday evening. PM Modi, in his 2011 post, had criticised the previous Congress-led government’s foreign policy after the US “disgraced the sovereignty of India” by declaring Rana “innocent”. In 2011, a US court had cleared Rana of a direct role in helping plot the attacks that killed 166 people, but convicted him for supporting a terrorist group blamed for the attacks. “US declaring Tahawwur Rana innocent in Mumbai attack has disgraced the sovereignty of India & it is a “major foreign policy setback”,” PM Modi’s post read. US declaring Tahawwur Rana innocent in Mumbai attack has disgraced the sovereignty of India & it is a “major foreign policy setback” — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 10, 2011 Also Read | 26/11 Attacks Survivor Recalls Horror, How He Escaped Death Social media users shared the post and praised PM Modi for successfully extraditing …

Tahawwur Rana to be tried for war on State, murder, terrorism | Latest News India

Tahawwur Rana to be tried for war on State, murder, terrorism | Latest News India

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New Delhi: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key 2008 Mumbai attacks accused who landed in Delhi on Thursday, will be tried for waging war against the state, murder and terrorism among other charges that attract the death penalty after Indian and US authorities didn’t take capital punishment off the table during the extradition deal. Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana with NIA officials upon his arrival at the IGI Airport, in New Delhi. (PTI PHOTO) The sections under which the National Investigation Agency (NIA) named Rana as an accused and sought his extradition include section 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war), 121A (conspiracy to wage war), 302 (murder), 468 and 471 (forgery) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 18 and 20 of stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), which deal with terrorist activity. According to the assurances given by Indian government to the US, Rana cannot be tried for offences other than in which extradition was sought, and those offences that are crimes on American soil as well as India. “All these offences …

26/11 Plotter Tahawwur Rana Sent To Anti-Terror Agency’s Custody For 18 Days

26/11 Plotter Tahawwur Rana Sent To Anti-Terror Agency’s Custody For 18 Days

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New Delhi: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the plotter of the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, has been sent to the custody of the anti-terror agency NIA for 18 days. Rana was extradited from the US and reached Delhi on Thursday evening. Here are the top 10 points in this story: Tahawwur Rana, 64, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency after his landing in Delhi. He could later be placed in Delhi’s high security Tihar jail and may be eventually moved to Mumbai to face trial, sources said. Late in the evening, Rana was presented before a special court. The agency has cited strong evidence, including emails, while seeking police custody, and told the court that custodial interrogation is necessary to unravel the conspiracy. He has been charged with criminal conspiracy, waging war against the government of India, murder and forgery and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Rana’s extradition takes place two months after US President Donald Trump, during PM Modi’s visit, announced that his administration has approved the extradition of the “very evil” Rana. …

Tahawwur Rana brought to India to face the law for 26/11 Mumbai attacks, sent to NIA custody for 18 days | Latest News India

Tahawwur Rana brought to India to face the law for 26/11 Mumbai attacks, sent to NIA custody for 18 days | Latest News India

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Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was brought back to India on Thursday , ending a 16-year-long wait to prosecute one of the planners of the deadliest terror strike in India that killed 166 people and injured 238 others. Tahawwur Rana was remanded in NIA custody for 18 days by the special judge(Sanjeev Verma) Officials from National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the National Security Guard escorted Rana to New Delhi from the US. Investigators will now question Rana in their attempt to zero in on his conspiracy with terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (HUJI), the role of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), the Pakistani army, and other conspirators behind the deadly strike that shook Mumbai and changed how India fought terror. “The NIA on Thursday evening formally arrested Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the key conspirator in the deadly 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, immediately after his arrival at IGIA, New Delhi, following his successful extradition from the US,” said the federal agency, which came into existence primarily because of 26/11 …

Tahawwur Rana To Be Grilled On Pakistan’s Role In 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks: What NIA Wants To Know

Tahawwur Rana To Be Grilled On Pakistan’s Role In 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks: What NIA Wants To Know

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Last Updated:April 10, 2025, 21:29 IST During his questioning, the NIA will likely confront Tahawwur Rana with emails that he allegedly sent to co-conspirator David Headley and Pakistani army officials, as the agency suspects that he was Headley’s principal handler Security personnel stand guard outside the NIA headquarters, in New Delhi on April 10. (Image: PTI/Ravi Choudhary) The NIA is likely to seek more evidence about Pakistan’s official involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks during the custodial interrogation of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was arrested as soon as he touched down in Delhi on Thursday. Tahawwur Rana is one of the key accused in the multiple terror attacks that took place in 2008. India successfully extradited him after his last-ditch attempt to evade the action failed as the US Supreme Court justices rejected his application. During his questioning, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will likely confront Rana with emails that he allegedly sent to co-conspirator David Headley and Pakistani army officials. The agency suspects that he was Headley’s principal handler. One of the masterminds, his …

Tahawwur Rana Lands In Delhi, To Be Produced In Court Soon

Tahawwur Rana Lands In Delhi, To Be Produced In Court Soon

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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor welcomed the extradition of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 case, and said everyone associated with the conspiracy of the Mumbai terror attacks must face the court of justice. He also described Rana’s extradition as a “step forward for justice”. Talking to PTI, Mr Tharoor said, “I think it’s a good thing that we have been able to get at least one person extradited. 26/11 (Mumbai terror attacks) was such a horror for our country, in which 166 people were killed brutally. Everyone associated with that conspiracy needs to come before the court of justice.”  He added: “I am really hoping that we will be able, through the investigation and through the interrogation, to find out more details about what happened, how it happened, how it was run, and equally that this man will be brought to justice. What was done was really terrible.” The Congress MP from Kerala said another key conspirator of the 26/11 attacks, David Coleman Headley, was still out of the clutches of …

Tahawwur Rana extradition case: What happens after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused lands in India?

Tahawwur Rana extradition case: What happens after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused lands in India?

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Tahawwur Rana, one of the co-conspirators in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, is set to be extradited to India from the U.S. on Thursday (April 10, 2025). Rana is being brought to India after his last-ditch attempt to evade extradition failed as the U.S. Supreme Court justices rejected his application. According to officials, a multi-agency team had gone to the U.S. to bring him to India. What is Rana accused of? Tahawwur Rana is wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his role in the November 26, 2008 terror attack, in which 10 Pakistani terrorists laid a more than 60-hour siege to various iconic locations in the heart of Mumbai, including the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Taj Mahal Hotel, Nariman House and the Cama and Albless Hospital. A total of 166 people, including six Americans, were killed in the horrendous attack. Rana, 64, is a Pakistan-born Canadian national and close associate of one of the main conspirators of the terror attacks, David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, a U.S. citizen. He was accused of helping …