Courtroom artist’s rendering of Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana appearing before Judge Matthew Kennelly in federal court in Chicago. file image | Photo Credit: AP
After losing his legal battle in all the lower courts, mumbai terrorist attack Accused Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, has now approached the US Supreme Court against his extradition to India.
India has sought Rana’s extradition for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Rana last approached the US Court of Appeals for the Northern Circuit in San Francisco after losing legal battles in lower courts and several federal courts.
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On September 23, the Circuit Court rejected his plea to stay the decisions of other courts that had approved the State Department’s move to extradite him to India. On November 13, Rana filed a “petition for writ of certiorari” before the US Supreme Court.
This is Rana’s last legal chance in the long battle to avoid being extradited to India.
In his “Petition for Writ of Certiorari for Review of the Judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit” in this case, Rana makes the same argument that he was sued in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois and that he Was acquitted (Chicago) on charges related to the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai.
“India now seeks his extradition to face trial on charges based on similar conduct in the Chicago case,” it said.
The petition said that if the “substantive” standard is applied, he would be sent to India to stand trial a second time for the same conduct, in which case conviction and the death penalty would be inauspicious for him. “Furthermore, resolution of this issue will have a substantial and growing impact, as the increasing globalization of criminal law enforcement and international cooperation, which has resulted in a dramatic increase in extraditions, will impact more and more individuals and nations going forward.” ” It said.
Rana faces charges for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and is believed to be linked to Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley, who was involved in the terrorist incident that hit India’s financial hub. One of the main conspirators. in 2008.
A total of 166 people, including six Americans, were killed in the Mumbai terror attacks in which 10 Pakistani terrorists laid siege for more than 60 hours, attacking iconic and important places in Mumbai and killing people.
published – November 22, 2024 08:55 AM IST
