Rana's extradition: Plane carrying Mumbai attacks mastermind lands in Delhi

A plane carrying Tahawwur Rana the 2611 Mumbai attacks alleged mastermind on Thursday afternoon arrived in Delhi following his extradition from the US official sources saidTahawwur Rana a key accused in the Mumbai 2008 attacks was brought to India on a special flight on Thursday after his lastditch attempt to evade extradition failed as the US Supreme Court justices rejected his applicationTahawwur Ranas extradition to India was followed thereafterIn a setback to Tahawwur Rana a US court had earlier ruled that the Pakistaniorigin Canadian businessman could be extradited to India where is wanted for his involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks carried out by Pakistanbased LashkareTaiba terrorists in 200864year old Rana is a close associate of one of the main conspirators of the attacks David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani a US citizenOn November 26 2008 a group of 10 trained Pakistani terrorists went on a rampage and had carried out coordinated attacks on Mumbai iconic CSMT railway station two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre They had sneaked into Mumbai using the sea routeAs many as 166 people were killed in the nearly 60hour attackMeanwhile the National Investigation Agency NIA in a statement on Thursday said that it has successfully secured the extradition of Tahawwur Hussain RanaThe statement said The National Investigation Agency NIA on Thursday successfully secured the extradition of Tahawwur Hussain Rana the mastermind of the deadly 2611 Mumbai terror attacks after years of sustained and concerted efforts to bring the key conspirator behind the 2008 mayhem to justiceIt said Rana was being held in judicial custody in the US pursuant to proceedings initiated under the IndiaUS Extradition Treaty for his extradition The extradition finally came through after Rana exhausted all legal avenues to stay the moveThe District Court for the Central District of California had ordered his extradition on 16th May 2023 Rana then filed multiple litigations in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals all of which were rejected He subsequently filed a petition for a writ of certiorari two habeas petitions and an emergency application before the US Supreme Court which were also denied The extradition proceedings were initiated between the two countries after India eventually secured a surrender warrant for the wanted terrorist from the US government the NIA statement saidIt further said that with the active assistance of USDoJ the US Sky Marshal NIA worked closely with other Indian intelligence agencies NSG through the entire extradition process which also saw Indiarsquos Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs coordinating with the other relevant authorities in the United States to take the matter to its successful conclusionatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params