A group of three senior Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) officers, together with three intelligence company officers, has reached the US to get custody of Tahawwur Rana, sources within the residence ministry mentioned. Rana is needed in India for his alleged involvement within the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults.
Earlier this month, the US Supreme Courtroom denied Rana’s software searching for a keep on his extradition to India.
The three-member NIA group, led by Inspector Common-rank officer Ashish Batra, contains Deputy Inspector Common-rank officer Jaya Roy and a deputy superintendent of police-rank officer. The officers left for the US on Sunday after getting affirmation of the ‘give up warrant’ — it requires a fugitive legal to be surrendered to a international state – mentioned sources.
In response to sources, as soon as Rana is extradited, the NIA is anticipated to query him at its headquarters in Delhi, the place safety will likely be stepped up. His case is being taken care of by the NIA’s Delhi headquarters.
“There is no such thing as a formal communication to the Tihar Jail administration, however they’ve additionally began a safety evaluation of his cell; they’re prone to lodge him in a high-security ward. His cell can have CCTV cameras, with in-built lavatory amenities, and they’ll monitor his actions 24 × 7,” the supply mentioned.
Rana, 64, who’s of Pakistani origin, is at present lodged within the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Los Angeles. He’s identified to be related to Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of many important conspirators of the 2008 Mumbai assaults that claimed 166 lives.
Paving the way in which for his extradition, the US Supreme Courtroom, on January 21, had rejected a evaluate petition filed by Rana. It’s learnt that after the US Supreme Courtroom’s choice, an NIA group was initially referred to as to the US in January-end, however officers there later sought extra time to evaluate all of the paperwork.
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“Senior officers of the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, together with officers of the house ministry and the NIA, have been in fixed contact with US officers. They have been knowledgeable that the US state division was additionally coordinating with the secretary of state for issuing the ‘give up warrant’ for Rana,” a supply within the MHA mentioned.
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