The Nationwide Investigation Company on Wednesday has filed a primary supplementary chargesheet in opposition to Tahawwur Rana, who was extradited from the US almost 16 years after his arrest for his position within the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults.
A detailed affiliate of 26/11 Lashkar-e-Taiba scout David Coleman Headley, Rana was dropped at India on April 10 after his extradition from the US. He’s accused of aiding and abetting the reconnaissance carried out by Headley, with whom he went to highschool in Pakistan, for the 26/11 assaults and of taking part within the conspiracy by offering essential logistical help to the terrorists who attacked Mumbai.
“The NIA has filed the primary supplementary chargesheet earlier than the Hon’ble NIA Particular Courtroom in Patiala Home in opposition to Rana. The case pertains to a felony conspiracy hatched by Headley, Rana and different members of LeT and HUJI to hold out terrorist assaults in several components of India,” a NIA spokesperson mentioned in a press release.
“The supplementary chargesheet pertains to the submission of paperwork concerning the extradition of Rana and extra proof collected by the NIA. Moreover, in compliance with the order dated June 6, issued by the Hon’ble NIA Particular Courtroom, the NIA has submitted a compliance report beneath Part 207 of the Prison Process Code (CrPC) concerning the provision of paperwork associated to the sooner chargesheet filed in 2011. Additional investigations within the case are persevering with,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Presently, Rana is lodged in a ward meant for very high-risk prisoners in Delhi’s Tihar Jail.
Rana is inmate quantity 1784. The block the place he’s being saved is much less crowded than the others inside the jail complicated. The ward the place he’s being saved is a separate ward. No prisoner from the opposite wards is allowed to enter, a supply in Tihar Jail mentioned.