The federal government has appointed a staff of legal professionals headed by Solicitor Basic Tushar Mehta to conduct trial towards extradited Pakistani-Canadian terrorist Tahawwur Hussain Rana within the 26/11 Mumbai terror assault case.
In a notification, the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (MHA) mentioned the appointment has been made exercising the powers conferred underneath the Nationwide Investigation Company Act, 2008 and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
The central authorities hereby appoints a staff of Particular Public Prosecutors headed by Solicitor Basic Tushar Mehta and comprising Extra Solicitor Basic S. V. Raju, senior advocate Dayan Krishnan and advocate Narender Mann for conducting trial and different issues associated to the case RC-04/2009/NIA/DLI on behalf of the NIA earlier than the NIA Particular Courts at Delhi, Excessive Courtroom of Delhi and Supreme Courtroom of India for 3 years or until the completion of trial of the mentioned case, whichever is earlier, the notification mentioned.
The RC-04/2009/NIA/DLI pertains to the case registered with the NIA in Delhi involving the trial of Rana and David Coleman Headley in reference to the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults.
The NIA secured Rana’s extradition from the U.S. following years of sustained efforts and arrested him on April 10 upon his arrival right here.
Rana is accused of being concerned within the bigger conspiracy behind 2008 dastardly strikes orchestrated by Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba through which 166 individuals had been killed and over 238 injured.
He was despatched to judicial custody on Could 9 and lodged in Tihar jail after his custodial interrogation by the NIA.
Throughout the custody, Rana was grilled by the NIA investigators for round eight to 10 hours each day to unearth the bigger conspiracy behind the 2008 terror assault case.
The 64-year-old Pakistani-origin Canadian terrorist was additionally accused of creating a lot of telephone calls to his co-conspirator David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, a U.S/ citizen presently in jail in that nation.
Rana had additionally allegedly travelled in elements of northern and southern India days earlier than the carnage within the nation’s monetary capital on November 26, 2008.
Rana has been charged with quite a few offences, together with conspiracy, homicide, fee of a terrorist act and forgery within the nation.
The anti-terror company had registered a case on November 11, 2009 underneath sections 121 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Part 18 of the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act and Part 6(2) SAARC Conference (Suppression of Terrorism) Act towards Headley, his childhood good friend Rana and others.
Throughout the NIA investigation, the roles of senior functionaries of terror teams LeT and Harkat-ul Jihadi Islami (HuJI) — Hafiz Muhammad Saeed alias Tayyaji, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Sajjid Majid alias Wasi, Illyas Kashmiri and Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed alias Main Abdurrehman alias Pasha — had additionally emerged.
These conspirators labored in energetic connivance with officers from Pakistan’s spy company ISI, specifically Main Iqbal alias Main Ali and Main Sameer Ali alias Main Samir, based on the NIA probe.
Printed – Could 16, 2025 02:04 am IST
