Tahawwur Rana extradition LIVE: 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused formally arrested

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 08:44 PM Apr 10, 2025 IST

Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, landed in Delhi from the US following his extradition.

Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana landed in Delhi on Thursday, a day after a multi-agency Indian team left from the US with him on a special flight following his extradition.

The NIA formally arrested him.

Rana is likely to be lodged in a high-security prison ward in Delhi's Tihar Jail.

The Centre has appointed advocate Narender Mann as special public prosecutor to conduct a trial in the NIA case linked to Rana.

NIA formally arrests Tahawwur Rana

April 10, 2025 8:37 pm

New Delhi: The NIA on Thursday formally arrested 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a statement said. PTI

Advocate Piyush Sachdeva to represent Tahawwur Rana

April 10, 2025 7:44 pm

New Delhi: Advocate Piyush Sachdeva from Delhi Legal Services Authority will represent accused Tahawwur Rana. PTI

Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan and special public prosecutor Narender Mann reach court

April 10, 2025 7:22 pm

New Delhi: Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan and special public prosecutor Narender Mann who are representing the National Investigation Agency reached the court premises.

Cops remove media, public from Patiala court premises

April 10, 2025 7:20 pm

New Delhi: Ahead of the production of 26/11 Mumbai attacks alleged mastermind Tahawwur Rana before Patiala House courts in the national capital, Delhi Police removed mediapersons and members of the public from the court premises, citing security concerns. While asking the mediapersons to leave, police said it was ensuring that the court premises was fully vacant.

Security tightened at Patiala House court ahead Rana’s likely appearance

April 10, 2025 7:13 pm

New Delhi: Security has been stepped up outside Delhi's Patiala House court where Tahawwur Rana is likely to be produced on Thursday, an official said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Devesh Mahla along with the local police was present at the spot to ensure that necessary security arrangements are present at the court where Rana will be produced, he said. PTI

All 26/11 attacks case accused should get capital punishment, says ex-cop whose team caught Kasab

April 10, 2025 5:29 pm

Talking to PTI, retired officer Hemant Bavdhankar congratulated the NIA on the successful extradition of Tahawwur Rana. "Not only me, but all the Indians have a feeling that the accused involved in the 26/11 terror attacks should get capital punishment after a trial in India," he said. "If we are able to punish all the accused persons who were involved in the Mumbai terror attacks conspiracy, our martyrs and innocent citizens who were killed or injured in the attack, will get justice. This is what I feel," Bavdhankar said.

Delhi JLN Metro Station's gate no. 2 closed due to Tahawwur Rana's arrival

April 10, 2025 5:03 pm

Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Metro Station's gate number 2 has been closed and public movement around the area has been restricted as Tahawwur Rana will be taken to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) office. A Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson said, "Gate No. 2 of the JLN Metro Station, the one closest to the NIA building, will remain closed as a precaution." Metro train services will continue as usual and all other entry and exit points at the station will remain open for commuters, he said.

BJP hails Rana extradition, claims Congress was 'soft' on terror during its rule for 'vote bank'

April 10, 2025 4:30 pm

Tahawwur Rana's extradition reflects "new India's" zero-tolerance resolve towards terrorism under PM Narendra Modi, the BJP said while accusing the Congress of being soft on terror for "vote-bank politics". BJP's national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said Rana's extradition was a "big achievement" of the Modi government and its security agencies. It is also a tribute to the security personnel who made the supreme sacrifice while fighting Pakistan-sponsored terrorists and a "big step" towards rendering justice to more than 160 people, including those from the US, Israel, France, Germany, Italy and other countries, killed in the attack, he said.

Everyone involved in 26/11 attacks conspiracy must face court of justice, says Tharoor

April 10, 2025 4:15 pm

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor welcomed the extradition of Tahawwur Rana and said everyone associated with the conspiracy of the Mumbai terror attacks must face the court of justice. He also described Rana's extradition as a "step forward for justice". Talking to PTI, Tharoor said, "I think it's a good thing that we have been able to get at least one person extradited. 26/11 (Mumbai terror attacks) was such a horror for our country, in which 166 people were killed brutally. Everyone associated with that conspiracy needs to come before the court of justice."

Rana will definitely get convicted in India, possibly given death sentence: Ex-home secretary

April 10, 2025 4:11 pm

Tahawwur Rana will definitely get convicted in the country possibly with a death sentence for his involvement in the dastardly terrorist act, said former home secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai. "Rana was the person who set up the immigration office (of his firm) in Mumbai in which David Headley was given the job and then he got a visa to come to India. The cover for Headley was provided by Rana. So, he and Headley were very close and they knew what was happening. So that is something which his interrogation in India will bring out and what Headley had told him," Pillai told PTI Videos. On Pakistan's role in 26/11 terror attacks, he said that link has already been established during the NIA investigation and "we had the other accused who were there in Pakistan against whom warrants have been issued but not executed by Pakistan".

Lawyer who led 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana extradition process to lead his prosecution in India

April 10, 2025 4:03 pm

Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, who led India's arguments for the extradition of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana in a US court, is set to lead the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) prosecution in Delhi. Krishnan, who has been associated with the extradition proceedings since 2010, will have assistance from Special Prosecutor Narender Mann, a seasoned criminal lawyer, who has earlier represented the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Delhi High Court. The prosecution team will also comprise advocates Sanjeevi Sheshadri and Sridhar Kale aside from the NIA counsel, it is learnt.

Modi govt didn't initiate Rana's extradition, merely benefited from diplomacy begun under UPA: Congress

April 10, 2025 3:56 pm

Congress leader and former Home Minister P Chidambaram said the government did not secure any breakthrough to make the extradition possible, nor is it the result of any grandstanding. Chidambaram added that it was a testament to what the Indian state can achieve when diplomacy, law enforcement and international cooperation are pursued sincerely and without any kind of chest-thumping. "While the Modi government is rushing to take credit for this development, the truth is far from their spin," Chidambaram said in a statement. This extradition is the culmination of a decade-and-a-half of painstaking diplomatic, legal and intelligence efforts which were initiated, led, and sustained by the UPA government in close coordination with the United States, he said.

Rana likely to be lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail

April 10, 2025 3:37 pm

Tahawwur Rana is likely to be lodged in a high-security ward in Tihar jail in Delhi, prison sources said. All necessary preparations have been made in the jail, they said.

Security tightened outside NIA headquarters, at Patiala House Court ahead of Tahawwur Rana's likely appearance

April 10, 2025 3:36 pm

Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan | Personnel from paramilitary forces and the Delhi Police have been deployed outside the court and a thorough physical frisking and checking of visitors is being carried out to avoid any untoward incident, an official said. An NIA judge is expected to hear the matter. Security has also been tightened outside the NIA headquarters.

Delhi court receives trial records of 26/11 attacks

April 10, 2025 3:33 pm

A Delhi court has received the trial records of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, a court source said. The records were received by the court of District Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav recently in pursuance of his January 28 direction to the staff of a Mumbai court to send the records. The judge passed the order on an application moved by the National Investigation Agency in Delhi, seeking to retrieve the records from Mumbai. The trial court records were previously sent to Mumbai due to the presence of multiple cases related to the 26/11 attacks in both cities.

Don't give special treatment, biryani to Rana: Tea seller who helped 26/11 victims

April 10, 2025 3:31 pm

Talking to PTI, Mohammed Taufiq, also known as 'Chotu Chai Wala', also demanded stricter laws in the country to deal with terrorists. Taufiq was operating his tea stall at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai when it came under attack from terrorists in November 2008. "There is no need to provide a separate cell, or biryani and other facilities to Tahawwur Rana, like those given to Ajmal Kasab (the lone terrorist from the Pakistani group captured alive)," Taufiq said. Notably, Kasab's demand for mutton biryani in jail was just a myth and was "concocted" to stop an "emotional wave" which was being created in favour of the militant, Ujjwal Nikam, public prosecutor in the case, said in 2015.

Rana extradition big win for India, Pak-based conspirators too must be exposed: 26/11 survivor

April 10, 2025 3:28 pm

Devika Rotawan, a key witness in the 26/11 case who identified terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab (the lone surviving attacker) in court during the trial, sought capital punishment for Rana. At just nine years old, Rotawan was caught in the crossfire at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai, one of the sites attacked by terrorists on the night of November 26, 2008. She was struck by a bullet in her leg. Her testimony was crucial in the trial of Kasab, who was later convicted by a Mumbai court for his role in the attacks and hanged in 2012.

Pakistan distances itself from Tahawwur Rana after extradition to India

April 10, 2025 3:18 pm

In its first response following the extradition of Tahawwur Rana from the US to India, Pakistan on Thursday distanced itself from the terror accused, stating that he is no longer a Pakistani citizen. "Tahawwur Rana has not renewed his Pakistani documents in the last two decades. His Canadian nationality is very clear,” the Pakistan Foreign Office said in an official statement.

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