2008 Mumbai attacks: US court says Tahawwur Rana can be extradited to India
The court was hearing the Pakistan-origin Canadian businessman’s plea challenging a 2023 order that had approved his extradition.
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A court in the United States on Thursday ruled that Tahawwur Rana, one of the accused persons in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case, can be sent to India under the extradition treaty between the two countries, PTI reported on Saturday.
Rana is a Pakistan-origin Canadian businessman who is in a jail in the United States’ Los Angeles for his involvement in a terror attack on the newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2010.
The Mumbai Police have booked Rana under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Explosives Act, among other laws.
On Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on an appeal filed by Rana against a California district court’s order in 2023 that had approved his extradition to India.
In May, Rana filed a habeas corpus plea challenging the 2023 court order.
In July, US Attorney and Criminal Appeals Chief Bram Alden said in his closing arguments that Rana is extraditable to India, reported PTI.
“Rana is extraditable to India under the plain provisions of the treaty, and India has established probable cause to prosecute him for his role in terrorist attacks that resulted in 166 deaths and 239 injuries,” Alden had said.
On Thursday, the court of appeals held that under the limited scope of...
