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NIA collected the voice and handwriting samples of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana. Read further on Dynamite News
26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday collected the voice and handwriting samples of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana, who was extradited from the United States.
Piyush Sachdev Counsel for Rana stated that as per earlier order of the Special Court, NIA obtained the voice sample of Rana in its headquarters and collected his handwriting sample before the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC).
On Monday, the court extended the NIA's custody of Rana, a Pakistani born Canadian for 12 more days, till May 9 and on Wednesday the court allowed the application of NIA for obtaining the voice and handwriting samples.
Tahawwur Rana is one of the accused who was chargesheeted by the NIA in 2011 and by Mumbai Police in 2023.
NIA chargesheeted Rana for a larger conspiracy beyond 26/11 Mumbai attacks whereas Mumbai Police chargesheeted him for his role in 26/11 terror strike.
The US Supreme Court has earlier rejected the appeal of Rana, a key accused in the 2008 terror attacks and cleared the way for his transfer to Indian custody.
Delhi court has allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to collect voice and handwriting samples of Tahawwur Rana, a key accused and an alleged co-conspirator in the 2008 attack that shook India.
The permission was granted following an application filed by the NIA, which is probing Rana’s alleged involvement in facilitating and planning the deadly terrorist assault in Mumbai that claimed 166 lives, including foreign nationals.
Tahawwur Hussain Rana is a Pakistani-born Canadian businessman whom the United States extradited to India to face justice in the Mumbai terror attack. He is fighting extradition to India in a separate but related legal process.
Rana has been accused of providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let), the terrorist organisation responsible for the 26/11 attack. He is also alleged to have conspired with David Coleman Headley, his childhood friend and a key operative, in the attack.
Headley, now serving a 35-year sentence in the US, turned approver in the Indian probe and confirmed that Rana knowingly helped him conduct surveillance of the Mumbai sites attacked by terrorists.
The voice and handwriting samples are considered critical for verifying communications, planning documents, and travel records that could further establish Rana's direct role in the conspiracy.
