Mumbai 26/11 terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana is scrambling to avoid extradition to India.
He has lost his legal battles in all lower courts. Rana, a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, has now approached the US Supreme Court against extradition.
India has sought his extradition for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. After defeat in lower and several federal courts, Rana has last reached the US Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
On September 23, the Circuit Court had rejected his plea to stay the decisions of other courts which had approved the move to deport him to India.
Tahawwur Rana filed a petition before the US Supreme Court on 13 November. This is his last legal chance to not be extradited to India.
“He was tried in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois and acquitted,” Rana argued. India now wants extradition to face trial on charges based on similar conduct.
If that standard applies, it would be wrong to send him to India to stand trial a second time for the same conduct. However, these arguments of Rana appear to be quite weak and there are little chances of getting relief from the Supreme Court.
‘Terrorists are unsafe even in their own homes’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently given a big statement on terrorism. He said that terrorists are not feeling safe even in their own homes, whereas during the time of previous governments, people felt unsafe due to terrorism.
Addressing the ‘HT Leadership Summit’ in Delhi, PM Modi said that times have changed. He saw reports on the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks in an exhibition organized at the event.
He said, ‘At that time the people of India felt insecure due to terrorism. Now times have changed and now terrorists are not able to feel safe even in their own homes.
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