The US Supreme Court docket has cleared Mumbai assault convict Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India, dismissing his evaluation petition towards the transfer. Rana, a Canadian nationwide of Pakistani origin, is needed within the 2008 Mumbai terrorist assaults, in view of which India searched for the extradition.
This marked Rana’s final authorized likelihood to not be extradited to India. Earlier, he misplaced a authorized battle in a number of federal courts, together with the US Court docket of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco. Rana on November 13 filed a “petition for a writ of certiorari” earlier than the US Supreme Court docket.
This was denied by the apex court docket on January 21, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in because the American President. “Petition denied,” the Supreme Court docket mentioned.
26/11 assaults and the Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India
Rana, 64, is at present detained on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Los Angeles. Earlier the US authorities had argued within the court docket that the petition for a writ of certiorari needs to be denied. US Solicitor Common Elizabeth B Prelogar mentioned this in its submitting earlier than the Supreme Court docket on December 16.
She mentioned Rana was not entitled to reduction from extradition to India on this case. In his ‘petitions for a writ of certiorari to evaluation the judgment of america Court docket of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Rana had argued that he was tried and acquitted in federal court docket within the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago) on fees referring to the 2008 terrorist assault on Mumbai.
“India now seeks to extradite him for trial on fees primarily based on the similar conduct at challenge within the Chicago case,” it mentioned. Prelogar disagreed.
“The federal government doesn’t concede that all the conduct on which India seeks extradition was lined by the federal government’s prosecution on this case. For instance, India’s forgery fees are primarily based partially on conduct that was not charged in america: petitioner’s use of false info in an utility to formally open a department workplace of the Immigration Legislation Middle submitted to the Reserve Financial institution of India,” the US Solicitor Common had mentioned.
“It isn’t clear that the jury’s verdict on this case— which includes conspiracy fees and was considerably troublesome to parse — implies that he has been “convicted or acquitted” on all the particular conduct that India has charged,” Prelogar had mentioned.
166 individuals killed in a greater than 60-hour seige
Rana is thought to be related to Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of many essential conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai assaults.
A complete of 166 individuals, together with six Individuals, had been killed within the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults wherein 10 Pakistani terrorists laid a greater than 60-hour siege, attacking and killing individuals at iconic and important places of Mumbai.
(With PTI inputs)