Extradition of 26/11 Mumbai terror accused Tahawwur Rana likely to be delayed: Report

The extradition of 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana from the US would help probe agencies expose the role of Pakistani state actors behind the dastardly attack that left 166 people dead

In what could delay Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India, the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused has filed a final plea on ‘humanitarian grounds’ after the US Supreme Court dismissed his review petition recently, NDTV said in a report on February 15.

This could delay the Rana’s extradition by a few weeks, the report said, adding that the National Investigation Agency was ready in Delhi to receive the terror accused.

Earlier this week, during his White House meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump had announced the extradition of Rana to India.

The extradition of 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana from the US would help probe agencies expose the role of Pakistani state actors behind the dastardly attack that left 166 people dead, sources said on Friday.

Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged at a metropolitan detention centre in Los Angeles. He is known to be associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 attacks.

On November 26, 2008, a group of 10 Pakistani terrorists went on a rampage, carrying out a coordinated attack on a railway station, two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre, after they sneaked into India's financial capital Mumbai using the sea route in the Arabian sea.