26/11: NIA matching Rana’s voice pattern, handwriting with collected proof

Rana’s 18-day remand ended on Monday, and he was introduced in court docket for an extension of his NIA custody.

In the course of the court docket proceedings, the Particular Decide was knowledgeable by the NIA in regards to the alleged evasive method adopted by Rana throughout questioning.

The NIA additionally expressed its need to take Rana to numerous different cities to reconstruct the chain of occasions through the accused’s India visits previous the fear assault.

The court docket had earlier directed the NIA to conduct a medical check of Rana each 24 hours and permit him to talk to his legal professionals each second day.

Throughout his 18-day remand, Rana was additionally questioned by Mumbai Cops. In the course of the interrogation, Rana claimed that he had “no connection in anyway” with the planning or execution of the assault.

He additionally claimed that his childhood pal and co-accused, David Coleman Headley, was solely answerable for the reconnaissance and planning elements of 26/11. Headley is presently in a US jail.

Headley, who turned approver within the case, had earlier admitted to conducting recce missions throughout India, together with in Mumbai, on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Throughout questioning, Rana stated that other than Mumbai and Delhi, he had additionally travelled to Kerala. When requested in regards to the function of his go to to Kerala, he claimed he had gone there to satisfy a recognized acquaintance and had supplied the person’s title and deal with to the company.

Rana, a former officer of the Pakistan Military’s Medical Corps, was extradited to India from the US not too long ago to face justice within the Mumbai assault case.