What occurs after 26/11 plotter lands in India?–

The roadway to justice is sluggish. Almost 17 years after the 26/11 horror strikes in Mumbai, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, charged of being the mastermind of the strikes, is being reminded India from the United States to encounter the regulation.

According to authorities, he gets on an unique trip to India from the United States, with records mentioning that he will mainly land this mid-day (April 10) after he tired all lawful opportunities to quit his extradition.

But what occurs to Rana after he touches down in India? What follows? We obtain you the solutions.

Rana’s wardship moved to India

On April 6, a delegation of 3 elderly police officers from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), together with 3 authorities from knowledge companies, flew to the United States to take 64-year-old
Rana right into wardship, that was being held at the Metropolitan Detention Centre inLos Angeles The action followed they obtained verification of a ‘surrender warrant’, which is a lawful order enabling a fugitive to be turned over to an additional nation.

On Tuesday night (April 8), Rana was turned over to Indian authorities in Los Angeles with the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons upgrading his standing as“not in BOP custody as of 04/08/2025” A Times of India record mentioned that an abandonment warrant was authorized by DIG (NIA) Jaya Roy, making it possible for quick sychronisation to bring him back.

Following this, an unique aircraft lugging Rana removed from the United States at 7:10 pm on Wednesday India time, according to an India Today record, and is anticipated to land in India today.

Rana to land in India, mainly to be lodged at Tihar

Once the
aircraft transportation Rana lands in India, he is most likely to be generated in the Patiala House unique National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court where the NIA can seek his custodial examination. In expectancy, safety has actually been tightened up outside the court’s facilities with employees from paramilitary pressures and the Delhi Police being released. Moreover, extensive physical frisking and monitoring of site visitors is being executed to stay clear of any type of unfortunate case.

VIDEO CLIP|Security tightened up outdoors Patiala House Court in Delhi.

Mumbai horror assault instance charged Tahawwur Hussain Rana, that is being extradited from the United States, is most likely to be lodged in a high-security ward in Tihar prison in Delhi when he gets toIndia Necessary prep work … pic.twitter.com/1yPEoPWWb7

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It is likewise reported that high court documents associated with the 26/11 strikes in Mumbai have actually been recovered by the Patiala Court.

Once offered in court, Rana will certainly be lodged at Delhi’s Tihar main jail. According to resources, prep work at the Tihar prison have actually been finished for Rana’s remain there. Owing to the level of sensitivity of the instance, very discreet high-security plans have actually been implemented at the jail.

According to an Indian Express record, the Nayayik Abhiraksha Vahini of Delhi Police has actually been asked by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to send out a prison van, together with pilot companions, to the airport terminal today. “The Nayayik Abhiraksha Vahini, which ferries jail inmates from prison to courts, has been asked to send its personnel to the airport. Initially, it was told to send a team around 4 am, but that was later changed to 7 am,” the resource informed Express.

Earlier, there was some conjecture that Rana would certainly be lodged in Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail– the very same where Pakistani terrorist
Ajmal Kasab was maintained prior to his implementation in November 2012. However, as instance procedures will certainly occur in Delhi, resources apparently claimed that it would certainly make even more feeling to maintain Rana in the resources.

Centre assigns unique public district attorney

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) likewise provided a gazetted notice assigning an unique public district attorney for the test for 3 years. The notification claimed that supporter Narender Mann will certainly be the unique public district attorney in the test.

“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 15 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (34 of 2008), read with sub-section (8) of section 18 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the central government hereby appoints Narender Mann, advocate as special public prosecutor for conducting trial and other matters related to NIA case RC-04/2009/NIA/DLI on behalf of the National Investigation Agency before the NIA Special Courts at Delhi and Appellate Courts, for a period of three years from the date of publication of this notification or till the completion of trial of the said case, whichever is earlier,” the notice claimed.

Rana’s participation in the 26/11 strikes

But just how specifically is Rana connected to Mumbai’s 26/11 horror strikes? Born in Pakistan and also offering in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps, 64-year-old Rana transferred to Canada in 1997 where he began running several companies, consisting of a migration working as a consultant.

According to the NIA, Rana played a vital function in the 2008 strikes; he supposedly aided
David Coleman Headley, his childhood years close friend and accomplice, in getting a visa to India and developing a front workplace in Mumbai for reconnaissance tasks.

It’s thought that Rana understood about Headley’s horror links and also assisted in intending targets like the Chabad House in Mumbai and National Defence College inDelhi Additionally, the NIA chargesheet versus Rana mentions that he had actually made journeys to a number of Indian cities, consisting of Mumbai, Delhi, Agra, and Kochi, prior to the 2008 strikes. Phone documents reveal he remained in normal call with Headley throughout the preparation stage.

The NIA has actually billed Rana under areas associating with criminal conspiracy theory, fighting versus the federal government of India, murder and bogus and appropriate areas under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

In reality, his link to the 26/11 strikes was developed in 2016 when Headley in a deposition exposed that he was in touch with Rana and also took his consent to open up an office in Mumbai as a front for his tasks.

Rana’s arrival in India, which is most likely to occur today, is the outcome of a long
extradition procedure with the United States.

Rana had actually been detained in the United States in 2009 for participation in terror-related tasks, consisting of a handicapped story to assault Danish paper Jyllands-Posten He was likewise founded guilty in the United States for giving product assistance to the horror team Lashkar- e-Taiba

Initially, the United States did not give India’s demands to extraditeRana Washington claimed that Rana would certainly initially be called for to offer his sentence in the United States.

However, points transformed in 2020 when Rana was approved a very early launch on health and wellness premises after checking favorable for Covid -19. The Government of India revitalized its extradition demand and asked for Rana’s re-arrest. He was ultimately detained in Los Angeles in June 2020.

Then United States President Joe Biden sustained the extradition demand and the instance was listened to by United States District Court Judge Jacqueline Chooljian inLos Angeles The United States Attorney’s workplace sent that Rana fulfilled all the requirements for extradition. Rana, on the various other hand, said that he had actually currently been acquitted of offenses associated with the Mumbai assault, and was safeguarded by Article 6 of the extradition treaty in between the United States and India.

The area court, nevertheless, gave the extradition demand on May 16, 2023. This was more promoted by the United States Court of Appeals on August 15, 2024, and once again by the Supreme Court on January 21, 2025.

On February 13, Rana submitted an emergency situation application, looking for a remain on his extradition. However, that was refuted, which ultimately led the way for India to bring him to the nation.

With inputs from companies