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Tahawwur Rana extradition delayed as Pakistan sacrifices alleged Abbey Gate bomber to US
TNN | Mar 6, 2025, 11.00 PM IST
Tahawwur Rana extradition delayed as Pakistan sacrifices alleged Abbey Gate bomber to US
TOI Correspondent from Washington: Citing possible torture and execution by Indian authorities, Tahawwur Rana, a former Pakistani Army veteran involved in the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai, has filed an emergency appeal before the US Supreme Court seeking a stay on his extradition to India, even as Islamabad handed over to the US another terrorist wanted by Washington.
Seeking an emergency stay of his imminent extradition already announced by President Trump during Prime Minister Modi's recent visit to Washington, Rana's attorneys on Wednesday cited a UK case (Sanjay Bhandari v Government of India) in which a London court denied extradition on similar grounds, because there was "a real risk of his being subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."

The US Supreme Court had previously rejected on January 21 Rana's review petition to stay the extradition, but his attorneys returned to the apex court this week to file a last-ditch emergency appeal arguing that if extradited to India, he faces a high likelihood of torture due to his identity as a Muslim of Pakistani origin, his former status as a Pakistani Army member, and his chronic health conditions.

"Rana now faces the prospect of transfer to a country where his birthplace (Pakistan), his religion (Muslim), and the nature of the charges (terrorist murder of 166 people) mark him for likely abuse--followed, if he survives pretrial incarceration, by a trial with a predictable result and execution by hanging, per India Code of Criminal Procedure § 354(5)," his attorneys said.
In a supplement to the emergency application for stay before SC Associate Justice Elena Kagan, they appended the UK case reference where Sanjay Bhandari won reprieve to face charges of money laundering and tax evasion, although Rana faces terrorism-related charges.

"The Bhandari decision demonstrates that petitioner’s fears of being subjected to torture, likely to result in death, are well-founded as evidenced by the U.K. courts’ refusal to extradite to India an individual charged merely with financial crimes unaccompanied by any high-profile, overarching religious, ethnic, or national considerations that would make the individual a particular focus of scorn or animus," Rana's attorneys argued.
The Supreme Court has taken this application on record, but a hearing date is yet to be set, delaying an extradition that Trump himself confirmed on February 13 at a joint press conference with Modi. The case has now dragged on for almost four years with the accused delaying his extradition with legal stratagems that would have cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The latest ploy came hours after Pakistan extradited to the US Mohammed Shareefullah, an alleged terrorist the Trump administration said is wanted in the Abbey Gate attack in Kabul which killed 13 American personnel and 170 Afghans.

While Trump himself mentioned the handover in his joint address to Congress on Tuesday -- saying "he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of American justice,” -- to highlight his administration's resolve, a former CIA officer claimed Shareefullah had nothing to do with the Abbey Gate attack, which she said was masterminded by Sirajuddin Haqqani and Sanaullah Ghafari.

"So why was a fake mastermind detained and extradited to the U.S.—and who is telling our American President
@realdonaldtrump it was someone else?" Sarah Adams, a self-described CIA alum who tracks terrorism issues in the region asked in post on X. Indian sources believe Pakistan is trying to delay the extradition of one of its military alums given the precedent it would set, by throwing Shareefullah under the bus.

In a Fox News interview, CIA Director John Ratcliff, a Trump loyalist, revealed that was on the phone on his second day in office with his ISI counterpart to underscore the need for cooperation on the issue of terrorism. Ratcliffe himself -- accompanied by FBI Director Kash Patel and DNI chief Tulsi Gabbardm went to the airport to oversee the Shareefullah handover.


Soon after Shareefullah's extradition, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked Trump "for acknowledging and appreciating Pakistan's role and support in counter terrorism efforts across the region, in the context of Pakistan Security Forces’ recent apprehension of ISKP’s top tier operational commander Shareefullah, who is an Afghanistan National."

"As is well-known, Pakistan has always played a critical role in counter terrorism efforts aimed at denying safe havens to terrorists and militant groups the space to operate against any other country. We remain steadfast in our resolve and unwavering commitment to combating terrorism, in all its forms and manifestations," he added.

NEW DELHI: The US Supreme Court has denied a plea filed by 26/11 Mumbai attacks co-conspirator Tahawwur Rana seeking an emergency stay on his extradition to India.
According to the case status on the US Supreme Court website, the plea was denied on Monday.
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NEW DELHI: With 26/11 mastermind Tahawwur Rana slated to land in India on Wednesday,
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Manish_P wrote: ↑09 Apr 2025 07:18 I would have been ok if the noose was ready.. but the transfer would be under the condition that he is not hanged.

Our judges will have him writing essays no doubt.

Manish_P wrote: ↑09 Apr 2025 07:18 I would have been ok if the noose was ready.. but the transfer would be under the condition that he is not hanged.

Our judges will have him writing essays no doubt.

SSridhar wrote: ↑09 Apr 2025 21:23

Manish_P wrote: ↑09 Apr 2025 07:18 I would have been ok if the noose was ready.. but the transfer would be under the condition that he is not hanged.

Our judges will have him writing essays no doubt.

Why should there be a no-hanging condition. After all, he is coming from the US where death sentences are carried out periodically, sometimes even in inhumane ways.

ramana wrote: ↑09 Apr 2025 22:28 Flight Carrying Tahawwur Rana Has Left US, To Land In Delhi Tomorrow: Sources

Tahawwur Rana will land in Delhi tomorrow afternoon, sources said, and he will be arrested by the National Investigation Agency immediately. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/flight- ... es-8126845

chetak wrote: ↑09 Apr 2025 09:28 ...
have they thrown him to the wolves because he is kanedian onlee.

A Deshmukh wrote: ↑09 Apr 2025 09:59 What can happen:
. Rana lands in Bharat.
. Rana testifies in court of official Pak involvment.
. Bharat uses this to push our agenda further - scrap IWT, sanctions on TSP, sanctions on any company dealing in TSP, unfriendly to any country that is friendly, freely attacking GB and PoK to dismantly terrorists camps, attaching properties of TSP and their generals worldwide...

possibilities are endless. lets see how this plays out.

A_Gupta wrote: ↑10 Apr 2025 06:03 I wonder how many assassination attempts will be made on Tahawwur Rana in the next ten days, say?

Mort Walker wrote: ↑10 Apr 2025 10:25

A Deshmukh wrote: ↑09 Apr 2025 09:59 What can happen:
. Rana lands in Bharat.
. Rana testifies in court of official Pak involvment.
. Bharat uses this to push our agenda further - scrap IWT, sanctions on TSP, sanctions on any company dealing in TSP, unfriendly to any country that is friendly, freely attacking GB and PoK to dismantly terrorists camps, attaching properties of TSP and their generals worldwide...

possibilities are endless. lets see how this plays out.

You're describing an alternate universe in a different timeline. In our world we'll get more Saugat-e-Modi which has been extended for Good Friday.

SRajesh wrote: ↑10 Apr 2025 12:35 Heard on a show S Sareen stating that This Rana guy had recevied a 10-year VISA and was allowed to set up office in Mumbai!!
Who apporoved it and How did he manage it??
Hope some truths tumble out!

Vayutuvan wrote: ↑10 Apr 2025 10:52

A_Gupta wrote: ↑10 Apr 2025 06:03 I wonder how many assassination attempts will be made on Tahawwur Rana in the next ten days, say?

Zero?!

Baikul wrote: ↑10 Apr 2025 12:02 ....

Once he’s been fully used, sentence him to (real) life imprisonment, and then exchange him for Kulbushan Jadhav...

SRajesh wrote: ↑10 Apr 2025 12:35 Heard on a show S Sareen stating that This Rana guy had recevied a 10-year VISA and was allowed to set up office in Mumbai!!
Who apporoved it and How did he manage it??
Hope some truths tumble out!

SRajesh wrote: ↑10 Apr 2025 12:35 Heard on a show S Sareen stating that This Rana guy had recevied a 10-year VISA and was allowed to set up office in Mumbai!!
Who apporoved it and How did he manage it??
Hope some truths tumble out!

He is Canadian: Pakistan distances itself from 26/11 terror accused ex-Pakistan Army doctor Tahawwur Rana after his extradition to India


Pakistan has distanced itself from the 2008 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana and said that it is “very clear” that he is of Canadian nationality.

RCase wrote: ↑10 Apr 2025 22:32 Especially this guy has Paki Fauji connections, it should have been vetted out even more carefully by MHA.

Tahawwur Rana Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Supporting Pakistani Terror Group and Terror Plot in Denmark

U.S. Department of Justice
January 17, 2013

Office of Public Affairs
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CHICAGO—A Pakistani native who operated a Chicago-based immigration business was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist plot in Denmark and providing material support to Lashkar e Tayyiba, a terrorist organization operating in Pakistan that was responsible for the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India. The defendant, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, was convicted of the charges on June 9, 2011, following a three-week trial in U.S. District Court in Chicago.

Rana, 52, a Canadian citizen, was ordered to serve 14 years, followed by five years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber. “This certainly was a dastardly plot,” Judge Leinenweber said in imposing the sentence.

Rana was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to a plot from October 2008 to October 2009 to commit murder in Denmark, including a horrific plan to behead employees of Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, a Danish newspaper, and throw their heads on to the street in Copenhagen, as well as providing material support, from late 2005 to October 2009, to Lashkar, a militant jihadist organization operating in Pakistan. Lashkar planned and carried out the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed more than 160 people, including six Americans, before initially planning the terrorist attack in Denmark in retaliation for the newspaper’s publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Rana was acquitted of conspiracy to provide material support to the Mumbai attacks.

“This serious prison sentence should go a long way towards convincing would-be terrorists that they can’t hide behind the scenes, lend support to the violent aims of terrorist organizations, and escape detection and punishment,” said Gary S. Shapiro, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

“Today’s sentence demonstrates that, just as vigorously as we pursue terrorists and their organizations, we will also pursue those who facilitate their violent plots from a safe distance. As established at trial, Tahawwur Rana provided critical support to David Headley and other terrorists from his base in the United States, knowing they were plotting attacks overseas. I thank the many agents, analysts, and prosecutors who helped bring about today’s result,” said Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

“It is my hope that the judge’s decision today sends a message to those who plot attacks and those who provide the support to make the plots possible, both here and abroad, that you will be held accountable for your actions. Our mission, detecting and preventing terrorist acts and eliminating the enabling support provided by terrorist sympathizers, remains our top priority,” said Cory B. Nelson, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Office of the FBI.

Rana is one of two defendants to be convicted, among a total of eight defendants who have been indicted, in this case since late 2009. Co-defendant David Coleman Headley, 52, pleaded guilty in March 2010 to 12 terrorism charges, including aiding and abetting the murders of the six Americans in Mumbai. Headley, who is scheduled to be sentenced next Thursday, has cooperated with the government since he was arrested in October 2009 and testified as a government witness at Rana’s trial. He is facing a maximum of life in prison.

The evidence at Rana’s trial showed that he knew he was assisting a terrorist organization and murderers, knew their violent goals, and readily agreed to play an essential role in achieving their aims. The government contended that Rana knew the objective of his co-conspirators was to retaliate against and influence the Danish government for its perceived role in the publication of the Prophet Mohammed cartoons, and he knew that the goal of Lashkar was to retaliate against and influence the Indian and Danish governments and intended that the support he provided—enabling Headley’s activities—would be used toward that purpose.

In a post-arrest statement in October 2009, Rana admitted knowing that Lashkar was a terrorist organization and that Headley had attended training camps that Lashkar operated in Pakistan. Headley testified that he attended the training camps on five separate occasions between 2002 and 2005. In late 2005, Headley received instructions from members of Lashkar to travel to India to conduct surveillance, which he did five times leading up to the Mumbai attacks three years later that killed more than 160 people and wounded hundreds more.

In the early summer of 2006, Headley and two Lashkar members discussed opening an immigration office in Mumbai as a cover for his surveillance activities. Headley testified that he traveled to Chicago and advised Rana, his long-time friend since the time they attended high school together in Pakistan, of his assignment to scout potential targets in India. Headley obtained approval from Rana, who owned First World Immigration Services in Chicago and elsewhere, to open a First World office in Mumbai as cover for his activities. Rana directed an individual associated with First World to prepare documents supporting Headley’s cover story and advised Headley how to obtain a visa for travel to India, according to Headley’s testimony, as well as e-mails and other documents that corroborated his account.

Between November 26-28, 2008, 10 attackers trained by Lashkar carried out multiple assaults with firearms, grenades, and improvised explosive devices against multiple targets in Mumbai, some of which Headley had scouted in advance.

Regarding the Denmark terror plot, Headley testified that in the fall of 2008, he met with a Lashkar member in Karachi, Pakistan, and was instructed to conduct surveillance of the Jyllands-Posten newspaper offices in Copenhagen and Aarhus.

In late 2008 and early 2009, after reviewing with Rana how he had performed surveillance of the targets attacked in Mumbai, Headley testified that he advised Rana of the planned attack in Denmark and his intended travel there to conduct surveillance of the newspaper’s facilities. Headley obtained Rana’s approval and assistance to identify himself as a representative of First World and gain access to the newspaper’s offices by falsely expressing interest in placing advertising for First World in the newspaper. Headley and Rana caused business cards to be made that identified Headley as a representative of the Immigration Law Center, the business name of First World, according to the evidence at trial.

The trial evidence also included transcripts of recorded conversations, including those in September 2009, when Headley and Rana spoke about reports that a co-defendant, Ilyas Kashmiri, an alleged Pakistani terrorist leader, had been killed and the implications of his possible death for the plan to attack the newspaper. In other conversations, Rana told Headley that the attackers involved in the Mumbai attacks should receive Pakistan’s highest posthumous military honors. In late summer of 2009, Rana and Headley agreed that funds that had been provided to Rana could be used to fund Headley’s work in Denmark, and the evidence showed that Rana pretended to be Headley in sending an e-mail to the Danish newspaper.

The government is being represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel Collins and Sarah E. Streicker, with assistance from the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have worked on a broader investigation of the Mumbai attacks. The investigation has been conducted by the Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Force, led by the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from FBI offices in Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C., as well as both U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

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chetak wrote: ↑11 Apr 2025 00:37

He is Canadian: Pakistan distances itself from 26/11 terror accused ex-Pakistan Army doctor Tahawwur Rana after his extradition to India


Pakistan has distanced itself from the 2008 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana and said that it is “very clear” that he is of Canadian nationality.

and the kanedians are awfully quiet


so, who exactly does this son of a pig belong to

saip wrote: ↑11 Apr 2025 08:59 I worked for a Textile company in the USA which did business with a Pakistani Co. My boss wanted me to go to Pakistan to train some of their staff in Pakistan in IT. The Paki embassy needed all kinds of documents from me like old Indian passports etc. My boss told them to go to hell and forced them to send their employees to the USA at their expense. So the Paki company ended up paying a lot more than it would have if I went. So if the Pakis do so much vetting for an US citizen albeit of Indian Origin, I am surprised Indian Embassy did not do that kind of vetting.