Mumbai 26/11 Assault Accused Tahawwur Rana Provides Voice Pattern Earlier than NIA Choose | India Information
A Particular NIA courtroom in Delhi on Saturday monitored the gathering of voice and handwriting samples of Pakistani-Canadian nationwide Tahawwur Rana within the Mumbai terror assault case of 2008.
The recent samples might be matched with recordings of Rana’s telephonic discussions with 26/11 co-accused David Coleman Headley, an official mentioned.
His handwriting pattern can also be prone to be matched with the notes that Rana has been making in a diary supplied to him by NIA throughout its custody, mentioned a supply.
Rana, who was not too long ago extradited from the US, is suspected to have handed on to Headley handwritten notes sharing directions, coordinates, and maps which had been used to scout 26/11 targets.
The NIA can also be making ready to take Rana to Mumbai and different cities to reconstruct the chain of occasions previous the fear assault that left 166 individuals lifeless.
On April 28 final week, the Particular NIA courtroom prolonged Rana’s NIA custody by 12 extra days to permit investigators to query him.
Particular Choose Charan Jit Singh accepted Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan’s plea that the investigating company wants extra time to uncover Rana’s function within the Mumbai assault of 2008.
Rana’s 18-day remand ended on Monday, and he was introduced in courtroom for an extension of his NIA custody.
Throughout the courtroom proceedings, the Particular Choose was knowledgeable by the NIA concerning the alleged evasive method adopted by Rana throughout questioning.
The NIA additionally expressed its want to take Rana to varied different cities to reconstruct the chain of occasions through the accused’s India visits previous the fear assault.
The courtroom had earlier directed the NIA to conduct a medical take a look at of Rana each 24 hours and permit him to talk to his attorneys each second day.
Throughout his 18-day remand, Rana was additionally questioned by Mumbai Cops. Throughout the interrogation, Rana claimed that he had “no connection by any means” with the planning or execution of the assault.
He additionally claimed that his childhood good friend and co-accused, David Coleman Headley, was solely answerable for the reconnaissance and planning elements of 26/11. Headley is at the moment 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 mentioned that other than Mumbai and Delhi, he had additionally travelled to Kerala. When requested concerning the function of his go to to Kerala, he claimed he had gone there to fulfill a identified acquaintance and had supplied the person’s title and handle 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.
