US clears 26/11 Mumbai-attack accused Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India | India Information – The Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: US Supreme Court docket on Saturday permitted the extradition of 2008 Mumbai-attack accused Tahawwur Rana to India.
Rana’s lawyer had, earlier this month, argued that the Supreme Court docket ought to block his extradition based mostly on the interpretation of “offense” within the US-India extradition treaty.
“The (Supreme) Court docket ought to grant the writ. On the deserves, it ought to maintain that the time period “offence” within the double jeopardy provision of the United States-India extradition treaty (and plenty of different related treaties) refers back to the conduct underlying the fees within the two international locations, slightly than the weather of the crimes the respective international locations have charged,” the lawyer had stated.
US authorities had supported India’s request for his extradition final 12 months asking the Supreme Court docket to dismiss “the petition for a writ of certiorari” submitted by Rana.
A Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, Rana, had appealed to the US Supreme Court docket to dam his extradition. On December 16, US Solicitor Normal Elizabeth B Prelogar filed a response urging the courtroom to reject his petition.
Rana had unsuccessfully appealed his extradition in decrease courts, together with the US Court docket of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. In August, the Ninth Circuit dominated that the India-US Extradition Treaty permits Rana’s extradition.
Rana is linked to Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, a key conspirator within the 26/11 Mumbai assaults. The 2008 terror assault, carried out by 10 Pakistani terrorists, resulted within the deaths of 166 individuals, together with six People, and noticed a 60-hour siege at a number of places throughout Mumbai.