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26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana
The US Supreme Court has rejected a plea by 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana, seeking a stay on his extradition to India to face trial
Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, had filed an "Emergency Application For Stay" with the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the US and Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit.
He argued in his plea that his extradition to India violated the US law and the United Nations Convention Against Torture "because there are substantial grounds for believing that, if extradited to India, petitioner will be in danger of being subjected to torture."
"The likelihood of torture in this case is even higher though as petitioner faces acute risk as a Muslim of Pakistani origin charged in the Mumbai attacks," the application said.
The application also said that his "severe medical conditions" render extradition to Indian detention facilities a "de facto" death sentence in this case.
The plea cited medical records from July 2024 showing that he has multiple "acute and life-threatening diagnoses", including multiple documented heart attacks, Parkinson's disease with cognitive decline, a mass suggestive of bladder cancer, stage 3 chronic kidney disease, a history of chronic asthma, and multiple Covid-19 infections.
Rana's extradition was cleared by US President Donald Trump last month. In a joint press conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump announced that Rana’s extradition had been approved. "We are giving a very violent man back to India immediately. There is more to follow because we have quite a few requests. We work with India on crime, and we want to make things better for India," Trump stated.
He is wanted in India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, carried out by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists. On 26th November 2008, eight locations in Mumbai were targeted by the attackers, resulting in the deaths of over 174 people.
Rana, aged 64, faces charges in India for providing logistical support to LeT. He was convicted in the United States for aiding the group, and India has long pursued his extradition. He is known to have links with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the key conspirators behind the 26/11 attacks.
(With IANS inputs)