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Rana is currently in the 18 -day NIA custody, where he will be questioned.
Voice samples of Tehwwur Rana, accused of 2008 Mumbai terror attack, can be taken. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigating the case will find out whether Tawwur was giving instructions on the phone during the November 2008 attacks.
The consent of Tahwwur will be necessary to take a voice sample. If he refuses, the NIA can go to court for this. Information about not giving samples will be recorded in the charge sheet. If the permission is received, the Expert NIA headquarters of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory will come and take a sample.
NIA will interrogate Tehwavur Rana on the third day on Sunday. According to media reports, on the second day on Saturday, Tahwwur said in interrogation that he was in constant contact with Global Terrorist Sajid Mir, which is considered the mastermind of 26/11 attacks.
On April 10, Tehwavur was brought from America to India by special aircraft. After this, he was produced in Patiala House Court in Delhi. The court has sent Rana to the 18 -day NIA custody. During the custody, NIA will prepare a diary of questioning Rana daily. After the last round of inquiry, it will be taken on record in the disclosure statement. This case is part of the diary.
On the second day, 2 main things of inquiry …
- Rana has named ‘Dubai Man’, who knew the complete planning of the attack. The agency suspects that the person handled the network between Pakistan and Dubai and was playing an important role in the financial support of the attacks, logistic support.
- It is also learned that Rana had close contact with Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and had a special attachment to the Pakistani army uniform. Earlier, NIA inquired for 3 hours on the first day of questioning (Friday). The agency reported that he was not co -operating. NIA is trying to collect information about Tahwwur’s family and friends.
Facted from America by special aircraft on 10 April
64 -year -old Rana was brought from America to India by special aircraft on 10 April. Late in the night, Special Nia Judge Chandrajit Singh of Patiala House Court heard the case in a closed room and gave his custody to the NIA while delivering the verdict at 2 pm.
The first picture of Rana was also revealed on Wednesday night, in which the National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials were seen holding him. Yesterday the US Department of Justice released another picture. In this, American marshals are handing him over to the NIA officers.
Three pictures of Tahwwur’s extradition, tied in chains …
After reaching India, the first picture of Tahwwur Rana appeared on Thursday. However, his face is not visible in it. NIA officials are holding him.
At the Central District of California, American marshals on Tuesday handed over the custody of terrorist Tehwavur Rana to representatives of India’s Foreign Ministry.
Team of US Marshal and NIA. Tehwavur Rana is not visible in this. This picture has been released by the US Department of Justice.
Terrorist Rana- on suicide watch
Rana has been placed in a 14×14 feet cell of the High-Scripture Ground Floor at NIA Headquarters, Lodhi Road. He is on a suicide watch and is being monitored by 24 hours guards and CCTVs. He has been given only a soft tip pen, so that he cannot harm himself.
Tehwavur will be kept in Tihar Jail in Delhi
Rana will be kept in a high security ward in Tihar Jail, Delhi. However, when and in which ward it will be kept, the information has not been revealed yet.
A joint team by the investigating agency NIA and intelligence agency RAW left the US on Wednesday with Rana. The American Gulfstream G550 aircraft was landed at Palam Technical Airport in Delhi at around 6:30 pm on Thursday evening. Where his medical checkup took place, after which he was taken directly to the Nia Headquarters.
Argument presented in court on behalf of NIA
- It is very important to interrogate the custody to expose the conspiracy of the Mumbai attack. Will also investigate Rana’s role in carrying out terrorist attacks.
- The second accused in the Mumbai attack, David Coleman Headley, discussed the entire operation with Tahwwur Rana before coming to India.
- Estimating the challenges during the attack, Headley sent an email to Rana, in which he gave details of his belongings and assets.
- Headley also informed Rana about the involvement of Ilyas Kashmiri and Abdur Rahman in the conspiracy.
Advocate Dayan Krishnan on behalf of NIA presented the side, while on behalf of Rana, lawyer Piyush Sachdeva advocated the case.
Taking Rana to Patiala Court by NIA headquarters.
Photo during taking Rana to court.
Rana reached Patiala House Court at around 6:30 pm on Thursday evening.
The entire timeline to present Rana in court
- A joint team of NIA and intelligence agency RAW left the US on Wednesday with Rana.
- Around 6:30 on Thursday evening, he was brought to India by American special aircraft at Palam Airport in Delhi.
- The medical team conducted the entire medical checkup at the airport itself. Nia headquarters were taken from here.
- It was produced in Patiala House Court in Delhi at around 10:30 pm. The judge heard in a closed room.
America said- will continue working with India to deal with terror
Regarding the extradition of Tahwwur Rana, the US said that it will continue to work with India to deal with the global problem of terrorism. US State Department spokesman Tami Bruce said the US has continuously supported India’s efforts to justify those responsible for the attacks.
Bruce said that now Rana is in India’s possession and he will have to face the case to join 26/11 attacks. We are proud of this extradition.
Mumbai Attack In 166 Mango People And 9 Terrorist Mare Went Were
On 26 November 2008, 10 terrorists of terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out attacks in Mumbai. These attacks lasted for four days. A total of 175 people were killed in these attacks, including 9 attackers and more than 300 people were injured.
Tehwavur Rana was arrested by FBI in October 2009 in Chicago, USA. He was accused of providing necessary goods to carry out the terrorist attack in 26/11 in Mumbai and Copenhagen.
On the basis of the testimony of the mastermind Headley, the mastermind of the Mumbai attack, Tawwur Rana was sentenced to 14 years in jail in 2013 for having a relationship with terrorist organization Lashkar and conspiring to attack the Danish newspaper.
Rana was a doctor in Pakistani army, Canadian citizen
- 64 -year -old Tehwavur Rana is a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin. Rana worked as a doctor in the Pakistani army. He then moved to Canada in 1997 and started working as a businessman who gave immigration services there.
- He reached America from Canada and opened a consultancy firm called First World Immigration Services on several locations including Chicago. According to US court documents, Rana also visited Canada, Pakistan, Germany and England several times. He can speak about 7 languages.
Pakistan brushed away from Rana Pakistan on Thursday dismissed Tahwwur Rana and said that he is a citizen of Canada. Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman Shafkat Ali Khan said in response to a question that Tawwur Rana has not renewed his Pakistani documents for the last two decades. He has Canadian citizenship.
Significantly, Pakistan allows its citizens to have dual citizenship who have settled in Canada.
The Taj Hotel was also targeted in the 2008 Mumbai attack.
America said- necessary steps towards giving justice to victims The Justice Department of America said that the extradition of Tahwwur Rana, accused of Mumbai terror attacks, is an essential step towards giving justice to the victims. A spokesman for the department said- Rana’s extradition is an important step towards giving justice to 6 Americans and many other victims killed in Mumbai attacks.
David Headley was the mastermind of the Mumbai attack. Tehwavur Rana was his childhood friend, who helped him to carry out the attack.
Rana was arrested in October 2009 In October 2009 in Chicago, USA, FBI arrested Tawwur Rana from O’Hare Airport. He was accused of providing necessary goods to carry out terrorist attacks in Mumbai and Copenhagen. Rana was sentenced to 14 years in jail on the basis of Headley’s testimony.
In 2011, Rana was found guilty of plotting an attack on Danish Newspaper Morgeinn Galends-Posten. The newspaper raided 12 controversial cartoons on Prophet Mohammed in 2005. A cartoonist’s head was beheaded in the attack.
The next year, the same 12 cartoons were raided by the French magazine named ‘Charlie Hebdo’, in return for which 12 people were killed by attacking Charlie Hebdo’s office in 2015.
