A courtroom sketch of Tahawwur Rana, a close associate Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, also known as “Daood Gilani”. File | Photo Credit: AP
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India as it dismissed a review petition against his conviction in the case.
Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana is accused of playing a major role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in India.
Rana, 63, has been incarcerated in a Los Angeles prison since the extradition request by India was accepted by the U.S. He faces several criminal charges for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks, He is also known to be associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, also known as “Daood Gilani,” one of the chief conspirators of the attacks, helping him and others located in Pakistan to assist terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in carrying out the Mumbai attacks.
A courtroom sketch of Tahawwur Hussain Rana. | Photo Credit: AP
Rana’s extradition
On December 4, 2019, India submitted a diplomatic note to the U.S. to extradite Rana. Further, on June 10, 2020, India filed a complaint seeking the provisional arrest of Rana with a view towards extradition. The Biden Administration supported and approved the extradition of Rana to India. The two countries have a long-standing bilateral Extradition Treaty, signed in 1997.
Having lost the legal battle against his extraditions in lower courts and several federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco, Mr. Rana had on November 13 filed a “petition for a writ of certiorari” before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published – January 25, 2025 09:07 am IST
