A Delhi court has sought the trial records of 26/11 terror attack from a Mumbai court ahead of the expected extradition of the crime’s alleged mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana.
District judge Vimal Kumar Yadav directed the officials of a Mumbai court to supply the records in an order passed on January 28. The order came on a plea of the National Investigation Agency, seeking the retrieval of the records from Mumbai.
The trial court records were previously sent to Mumbai due to the presence of multiple cases related to the 26/11 attacks in both cities.
A court in the US previously ruled that Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Rana could be extradited to India where he is wanted in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack carried out by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. US President Donald Trump Friday announced that the US administration has “approved the extradition of one of the… very evil people of the world”
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his side, Trump said: “Today I am pleased to announce that my administration has approved the extradition of one of the plotters and very evil people of the world, and having to do with the horrific Mumbai terrorist attack, to face justice in India. So, he is going back to India to face justice.”
On January 21, the US Supreme Court had rejected Rana’s review petition in the case. Trump also announced that India and the US will work together like “never before” to confront the threat of radical Islamic terror across the world.
