India seeks US assistance in probing Pak links of Tahawwur Rana
Official sources told UNI that the Indian agency has sent a set of specific queries to its U.S. counterparts, seeking information on Rana's potential connections to Pakistani entities.
Official sources told UNI that the Indian agency has sent a set of specific queries to its U.S. counterparts, seeking information on Rana's potential connections to Pakistani entities.
The ongoing questioning of Tahawwur Rana, a key conspirator of 26/11, is likely to go beyond the 2008 attack and extend to other Lashkar-e-Taiba terror plots, including the 2004 foiled suicide attack on Narendra Modi, the then chief minister of Gujarat who is now the country’s Prime Minister.
The arrival of Tahawwur Rana on Indian soil marks a turning point in the protracted quest for justice following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
It is believed that Headley arranged a meeting between Rana and the unidentified person in Dubai. Rana is currently in the high-security custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) following his extradition from the United States of America.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday lauded the successful extradition of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks key accused Tahawwur Rana from the US to India, saying it would help unravel the crucial details of the conspiracy behind the attacks.
Tahawwur Rana had aspired for Pakistan's highest award for gallantry in battle 'Nishan-e-Haider' for the nine Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who carried out the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in 2008 and were gunned down by Indian security forces.
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, key accused in the 26/ 11 Mumbai terror attacks, was on Thursday brought to India from the United States, nearly 17 years after the mayhem in which 166 people were killed.
Behera said Rana visited Kochi several times and that there is evidence in the Immigration Department to that effect.
In a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Pramod Tiwari alleged that it has weak foreign policy over terrorism.
The Union government has appointed a Special Public Prosecutor to conduct trials and related proceedings with regard to the National Investigation Agency's case against Tahawwur Hussain Rana and David Coleman Headley, both accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case.
