Washington
Tawwur Rana, convicted of the 2008 Mumbai attacks from the US Supreme Court, has suffered a major setback. His petition to ban India extradition has been rejected.
Judge Elena Kagan dismissed the petition of Tahwwur Rana to ban India extradition. The 26/11 Mumbai attack convicted Tawwur Rana had approached the court to avoid extradition of India.
Rana had filed a petition in the US Supreme Court saying that emergency stay should be imposed on his extradition. In the petition, Tehwavur Rana had said that if I was extradited to India, I will be tortured. I will not be able to do much survival in India.
What did Tahavvur Rana say in the petition?
Rana had said in his petition before the US court that he would be tortured a lot in India due to being a Muslim of Pakistan origin. The World Report of Human Rights Watch 2023 states that the BJP government of India discriminate against religious minorities, especially Muslims.
It was said in the petition that the government of India is constantly becoming dictatorial and there are enough reasons that it will be tortured if it is handed over to the Government of India.
Tehwavur Rana had said that he is struggling with many types of diseases. He is also struggling with the problem of Parkinson’s. Not to be sent to a place where they will be targeted in national, religious and culturally.
Who is Tahwwur Rana?
Tehwavur Rana was born in Pakistan. He studied at Army Medical College and worked as a doctor in the Pakistan Army for 10 years. But Tawwur Rana did not like his work and quit this job. Tehwavur Rana, who is involved in terrorist activities against India, is currently a citizen of Canada. But recently he was a resident of Chicago, where he has a business.
According to court documents, he has traveled to Canada, Pakistan, Germany and England and has been there, he can speak about 7 languages. The court documents show that from 2006 to November 2008, Tawwur Rana conspired with David Headley and others in Pakistan. During this, Tahwwur Rana helped the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba and Harkat-ul Jihad-e-Islami and planned the Mumbai terror attack and helped to implement it. Terrorist Headley has become a government witness in this case.
What happened on 26 November 2008?
On 26 November 2008, there was a terrorist attack on the country’s financial capital Mumbai. 200 NSG commandos and fifty commandos of the army were sent to Mumbai to thwart this attack of terrorists. Apart from this, five troops of the army were also deployed there. The Navy was also kept on alert during the attack.
Mumbai Police, ATS and NSG personnel were received to Virgati in a campaign to thwart Mumbai terror attack. These included ATS chief Hemant Karkare, ACP Ashok Kamte, ACP Sadanand Date, NSG Commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, encounter specialist SI Vijay Salaskar, Inspector Sushant Shinde, SI Prakash More, SI Dudgude, ASI Nanasahab Bhondan, ASI Tukram Obbale, ASI Tukram Obbale, Jaywant Patil, Yogesh Patil, Ambados Pawar and M.C. Chaudhary was involved.
