NIA Court Extends Custody Of 26/11 Mastermind Tahawwur Rana For 12 Days

Tahawwur Rana, a close associate of 26/11 main conspirator David Coleman Headley, was brought to India after the US Supreme Court on April 4 dismissed his review plea against his extradition to India

By : ABP Live News | Updated at : 28 Apr 2025 08:02 PM (IST)

The court remanded Rana to NIA custody for 18 days.
Source : PTI

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday extended the custody of 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana for 12 days. The order came after NIA had sought further remand of Tahawwur Rana.

Special NIA judge Chander Jit Singh extended Rana's custody on NIA's request after his 18-day remand got over. Rana was produced before NIA court on expiry of his 18-day NIA custody amid tight security and with his face covered. 

The NIA said Rana had to be confronted with various evidences, including voluminous documents which required his further interrogation. The probe agency, represented by senior advocate Dayan Krishnan and special public prosecutor Narender Mann, accused Rana of not cooperating in the investigation. Advocate Piyush Sachdeva from Delhi Legal Services Authority represented Rana.

In its order, the judge directed the NIA to conduct medical examination of Rana every 24 hours, and allow him to meet his lawyer every alternate day. The judge allowed Rana to use only a soft-tip pen and meet his lawyer in the presence of the NIA officials, who would be out of an audible distance.

During the arguments on the last occasion, the agency said Tahawwur Rana's custody was required to piece together the full scope of the conspiracy, and submitted he was required to be taken to various locations for retracing the events that took place 17 years ago.

Rana, a close associate of 26/11 main conspirator David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen, was brought to India after the US Supreme Court on April 4 dismissed his review plea against his extradition to India.

On November 26, 2008, a group of 10 Pakistani terrorists went on a rampage, carrying out a coordinated attack on a railway station, two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre, after they sneaked into India's financial capital using the sea route in the Arabian Sea. As many as 166 people were killed in the nearly 60-hour assault.

Published at : 28 Apr 2025 04:33 PM (IST)
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