- Rana extradited to India for the participation of the Mumbai 2008 attack.
- It is the first American transfer of this type in India in a case of terrorism.
- The United States Supreme Court rejected extradition disputes.
New Delhi: A Canadian businessman accused of helping to orchestrate the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, one of the deadliest in India, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday after the United States extradited him during the first transfer of this type in a terrorism case.
Tahawwur Rana, 64, a doctor who became a doctor, was extradited as part of Mumbai’s attacks in November 2008 who killed more than 160 people.
“The National Investigation Agency has succeeded in successfully obtaining extradition … After years of supported efforts and concerted to translate the key conspirator … in court,” said Nia, the Indian anti -field agency.
He was accompanied by Indian security agencies after his petitions contesting the extradition were rejected by the United States Supreme Court.
Rana’s extradition is a “great success” of the government’s diplomacy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian Minister of India said Amit Shah on Wednesday.
“It is the responsibility of the Indian government to bring all those who abused the earth and the Indian people,” he posted on X.
Trump announces the transfer
India officially asked for Rana custody in June 2020, and President Donald Trump announced the transfer of Rana in February of this year at a joint press conference with Modi in Washington.
Rana was sentenced to 14 years in prison in the United States in 2013 for arguing Lashkar-E-Taiba.
“Regarding our file, he (Rana) did not even ask for renewal for his documents of Pakistani origin in the past two decades,” Shafqat Ali Khan, spokesperson for Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Thursday during a press briefing.
Rana’s lawyer said Rana was a “good man and was sucked in something”.
More than three days in November 2008, ten strongly armed attackers targeted large monuments through Mumbai, including two luxury hotels, a Jewish center and the main station, killing 166 people.
