26/11 Mumbai attack plotter Tahawwur Rana remanded to judicial custody till June 6 | India News

Tahawwur Rana (File picture)

NEW DELHI: Tahawwur Rana, the Pakistani-origin Canadian nationwide accused of conspiring within the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults, was introduced earlier than Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Friday and remanded to judicial custody till June 6.Rana, 64, was extradited to India from the United States after the US Supreme Court rejected his ultimate enchantment towards extradition on April 4. He was earlier despatched to 18 days’ custody on April 10, which was later prolonged by the courtroom.

According to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Rana performed a crucial function as a conspirator and shut affiliate of David Coleman Headley, often known as Daood Gilani, the Pakistani-American operative who performed surveillance of targets prior to the 2008 Mumbai assaults. The NIA informed the courtroom that Headley had mentioned the complete terror operation with Rana earlier than travelling to India.Rana has additionally filed a plea by his authorized consultant in search of permission to communicate together with his relations. The plea was submitted on April 19.The announcement of Rana’s extradition to India got here on the time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his official go to to the United States. US President Donald Trump made the official announcement in the course of the go to.The 26/11 assaults, carried out by ten Pakistani gunmen, focused a number of places in Mumbai together with the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the Oberoi Trident, and the Nariman House Jewish centre. The coordinated attack lasted almost 60 hours and claimed 166 lives, injuring a whole bunch extra, in one of many deadliest terror strikes in India’s historical past.Rana’s extradition and ongoing authorized proceedings mark a big improvement within the long-running investigation into the 2008 assaults.