{"id":279009,"date":"2025-04-10T18:52:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T18:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/tahawwur-ranas-extradition-the-turning-point-in-26-11-case-that-exposed-the-mastermind-who-demanded-military-honours-for-the-attackers\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T18:52:53","slug":"tahawwur-ranas-extradition-the-turning-point-in-26-11-case-that-exposed-the-mastermind-who-demanded-military-honours-for-the-attackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/tahawwur-ranas-extradition-the-turning-point-in-26-11-case-that-exposed-the-mastermind-who-demanded-military-honours-for-the-attackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tahawwur Rana’s extradition: The turning point in 26\/11 case that exposed the mastermind who demanded military honours for the attackers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, who led India’s arguments for the extradition of 26\/11 accused Tahawwur Rana<\/a> in a US court, is set to lead the National Investigation Agency<\/a>‘s (NIA) prosecution in Delhi. Rana, a close associate of 26\/11 main conspirator David Coleman Headley<\/a> alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen, has landed India after the US Supreme Court on April 4 dismissed his review plea against his extradition to India.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The prosecution team will also comprise advocates Sanjeevi Sheshadri and Sridhar Kale aside from the NIA counsel, it is learnt.<\/p>\n

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The turning point in the extradition case came in May 2023. Rana’s trial had begun in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Rana had arranged passports for fellow jihadi, Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley, aka Dawood Gilani, to travel to India to select targets for the terror attack that was being hatched by Lashkar in collaboration with ISI, Pakistan’s spy agency. Rana gloated over the deaths in Mumbai on Nov 26, 2008 and said that the jihadis responsible for it should be given Pakistan’s highest posthumous military honours, according to NIA.So far only Ajmal Kasab<\/a>, the sole LeT terrorist involved in 26\/11 rampage who was nabbed alive, had been prosecuted.”The most important decision of his extradition came on May 16, 2023, being the first judgment by the Magistrate Judge, US District Court of Central District of California,” said a source close to the extradition proceedings.<\/p>\n

The Magistrate Court endorsed Krishnan’s position while approving the extradition, confirming that Rana’s situation did not constitute double jeopardy.<\/p>\n

The proceedings featured intense legal debates between Krishnan and extradition specialist Paul Garlick QC, who defended Rana.<\/p>\n

While Garlick maintained it was double jeopardy, Krishnan contended that the crime’s elements, not the accused’s behaviour, determined the circumstances.<\/p>\n

Double jeopardy refers to punishing someone twice for the same crime.<\/p>\n

The court accepted the arguments presented by Krishnan, who represented India’s government alongside the US department of justice.<\/p>\n

Another crucial victory came when a US District Judge dismissed Rana’s appeal on August 10, 2023.<\/p>\n

After this setback, Rana approached the US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, but faced rejection on August 15, 2024, according to the source.<\/p>\n

Rana, aged 64 and a Canadian citizen born in Pakistan, then sought help from the US Supreme Court, which denied relief on January 21, 2025.<\/p>\n

Finally, on April 4, the US Supreme Court rejected Rana’s review petition, his last attempt to avoid extradition, the source noted.<\/p>\n

On November 26, 2008, a group of 10 Pakistani terrorists went on a rampage, carrying out a coordinated attack in Mumbai’s CST, two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre, after they sneaked into India’s financial capital using the sea route in the Arabian Sea. The three-day terror siege killed 166 people.<\/p>\n

(With agency inputs)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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