The 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana expected to arrive in India today.
Rana is being extradited to India after US Supreme Court rejected his plea.
Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana is scheduled to reach India this afternoon. According to various sources the accused is likely to be lodged in a high-security ward in Tihar jail. Rana is being brought to India after his last-desperate attempt to evade extradition failed when the US Supreme Court justices rejected his application.
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It is reported that the special flight carrying Tahawwur Hussain Rana, is accompanied by a special team of intelligence and investigative officials. The flight was outbound for India at 7:10 pm India time on Wednesday and is expected to land this afternoon.
Upon landing in Delhi, Rana will be officially arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and will be lodged at the Tihar jail, where all the preparations for his stay have been completed. Heightened security has been put in place around the central prison in view of Rana's extradition.
Once in India, the terror attack mastermind will undergo a trial at a special NIA court in Delhi. Since the case will now be heard in Delhi, he will not be sent to Mumbai. Tahawwur Rana may be produced before Delhi's Patiala House court, where an NIA judge is expected to hear the matter.
On November 26, 2008, a group of 10 Pakistani terrorists went into a rampage, carrying out a coordinated attack on a railway station, two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre, after they sneaked into Mumbai using the sea route in the Arabian Sea. As many as 166 people were killed in the attack. In November 2012, Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunman among the Pakistani group, was hanged to death in Yerawada Jail in Pune.
