US reacts as Tahawwur Rana extradited to India: ‘…scourge of worldwide terrorism’
The US State Division late Thursday reiterated its dedication to fight world terrorism in collaboration with India after Washington DC extradited Mumbai 26/11 terror assaults key conspirator Tahawwur Rana to India.
“On April ninth, america extradited Tahawwur Hussain Rana to India to face justice for his position in planning the horrific 2008 Mumbai terrorist assaults… These assaults resulted within the tragic lack of 166 lives, together with six People, that shocked your complete world,” ANI quoted US State Division spokesperson Tammy Bruce as saying.
Bruce stated the US had persistently supported India’s efforts to carry these answerable for the assaults accountable.
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“The USA has lengthy supported India’s efforts to make sure these answerable for these assaults are dropped at justice, and as President Trump has stated, america and India will proceed to work collectively to fight the worldwide scourge of terrorism. He’s of their possession, and we’re very pleased with that dynamic,” she added.
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Tahawwur Rana extradited to India
Tahawwur Rana, 64, was dropped at India on Wednesday after his extradition from america.
The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) took Rana into 18-day custody. The anti-terror company will query him intimately to unravel the entire conspiracy behind the lethal 26/11 terror strike.
“Rana will stay in NIA custody for 18 days, throughout which era the company will query him intimately to be able to unravel the entire conspiracy behind the lethal 2008 assaults, during which a complete of 166 individuals had been killed and over 238 injured,” stated a press release issued by the NIA quickly after the court docket’s order.
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Rana is accused of conspiring with David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani and operatives of designated terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (HUJI) together with different Pakistan-based co-conspirators, to hold out the three-day terror siege of India’s monetary capital.
On November 26, 2008, a bunch of 10 Pakistani terrorists went on a rampage, finishing up a coordinated assault on a railway station, two luxurious inns and a Jewish centre, after they sneaked into India’s monetary capital utilizing the ocean route within the Arabian Sea. As many as 166 individuals had been killed within the practically 60-hour assault.
(With ANI, PTI inputs)
