Washington. A US court has given a big blow to Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was involved in the Mumbai terror attack. The California court gave its verdict and said that Hussain can be extradited to India under the extradition treaty between the two countries.
The US appellate court said in its decision that Rana’s extradition is permissible under the India-US extradition treaty. 63-year-old Rana had filed a petition in the US Appellate Court challenging the decision of the Central District Court of California.
The court has now rejected the petition. The district court had ruled that Rana could be extradited to India for his alleged involvement in the terror attacks.
Rana, currently lodged in a Los Angeles jail, is accused of involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. He is believed to have links with Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley. Headley is believed to be the main conspirator of many terrorist incidents.
Under the limited scope of habeas corpus review of the extradition order, the panel held that Rana’s alleged crime fell within the terms of the extradition treaty between the United States and India, including the non bis in idem (double jeopardy) exception to extradition.