New Delhi: India is likely to press for access to Tahawwur Hussain Rana, and wife and two girlfriends of Mumbai attack terrorist David Headley during Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's visit to the United States next week. Government sources said though India got access to Headley, who carried out a recce of the 26/11 targets for the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, the US has not given any opportunity to question Pakistani-Canadian Rana, Headley's US-based wife Shazia, his girlfriend Portia Peter and one more female friend.
Indian investigators believe that if they could quiz the three, many hidden information could come into light as Rana was a close associate of his Pakistani-American friend Headley, and Shazia and the two girlfriends were in regular touch with Headley before and after the Mumbai terror attack. The investigators believe that Rana, Shazia and others have a lot of information and their interrogations could throw more light on the conspiracy hatched to carry out the worst terror strike in India and role of those behind it.
"The Home Minister and his delegation is expected to raise the issue of access to Rana and others," a source said. 51-year-old Headley had pleaded guilty to 12 terrorism charges, including his involvement in the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai that claimed 166 lives. He had, however, entered into plea bargain with US authorities.
A court in the US had sentenced 52-year-old Rana to 14 years in jail followed by five years of supervised release.
08:00 PM, May 16, 2013
A US federal court here has started the sentencing hearing of David Coleman Headley, an LeT operative convicted of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. The hearing started before the court of US District Judge Harry D Leinenweber in downtown Chicago amidst an unprecedented security. ...
10:34 PM, Jan 24, 2013
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has requested US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to expedite the extradition of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain Rana to India, official sources said. They said Khurshid has written to Hillary for extradition of Headley and Rana before their expected sentencing in January 2013. US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, who was in the capital last week,...
12:46 AM, Dec 02, 2012
New Delhi: India has asked the US to provide statements of 13 people associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley and his accomplice in Mumbai terror attack case Tahawwur Hussain Rana as they could be potential witnesses. Highly placed government sources said during the third Indo-US strategic dialogue held in Washington last week, India actively pursued the issues related to the 26/11 attack, involvement of Headley and Rana in it and...
07:21 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Washington: India on Wednesday requested the US to provide it access to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks accused David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, visiting External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said. "India's interest in further access to Headley and Rana, in accordance with our legal procedures, for the investigations into the Mumbai terror attack of November 2008, was raised," Krishna told reporters at a joint news conference with US...
08:12 AM, Jun 14, 2012
Chicago: A US court on Wednesday allowed the media outlets access to parts of the video tapes, which were played during the trial of LeT operative David Headley's childhood friend and 26/11 attacks co-accused Tahawwur Rana. US District court Judge Harry D Leinenweber ruled that only portions of the tape that were played in court will be allowed to be accessed by the media. "We are to turn over what...
09:22 AM, Oct 20, 2011
New Delhi: India has received some documents from the United States of America on Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is accused of being a part of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack. The documents include several papers and are part of the evidence collected by US authorities and presented in the Chicago court while Rana was undergoing trial. Sources say the evidence received by India also includes audio conversation between...
02:32 PM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: India has received some documents from the United States of America on Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is accused of being a part of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack. The documents include several papers and are part of the evidence collected by US authorities and presented in the Chicago court while Rana was undergoing trial. Sources say the evidence received by India also includes audio conversation between...
02:32 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Chicago: Tahawwur Hussain Rana was unaware of the terror activities of Mumbai-attack accused David Headley and had provided cover and funds to him unknowingly, a recently unsealed document reveal. The documents which were ordered to be unsealed by Judge Harry Leinenweber on July 19 at the request of Chicago Tribune newspaper reveal that Headley had explicitly told the agents that Rana was not aware of his activities and he did...
10:48 AM, Jul 26, 2011
Chicago: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who has been recently convicted on two counts of providing support to terrorism in the Denmark plot and to LeT with co-accused David Coleman Headley, has asked the judge to conduct another hearing in his case. Rana, through his attorney Patrick W Blegen, has requested Judge Harry D Leinenweber to conduct a 'Franks hearing' in which the statements made by police officers in an affidavit that...
08:39 AM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: India will raise the issue of nexus between Pakistan's ISI and the perpetrators of 26/11 attacks during the forthcoming talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries. External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, however, ruled out India's intervention in Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana's case, saying, "We cannot interfere in the legal process of another country." "As far as India is concerned, we have got very important evidence, assessments and...
02:39 PM, Jun 13, 2011
New Delhi: Canadian Pakistani businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana was found guilty of providing material support to the Lashkar-e-Toiba's attack on Mumbai in 2008. But the 12-member jury acquitted him of the more serious charge of direct involvement in the conspiracy leading to the Mumbai attacks. Rana's Lawyer Charles Swift said, "You cant expect to be excited about the fact he is got 30 years just for buying a plane ticket." ...
09:28 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Chicago: Justifying a controversial plea bargain deal cut with the Mumbai attacks accused David Headley that spared him from death penalty and extradition to India, a top US attorney on Friday said that not doing the pact would have been a "terrible mistake". "I am convinced that we would have made a terrible mistake if we did not sit down with Headley and get all the information that we did...
02:05 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Chicago: Following is the chronology of major events relating to the arrest and hearing of Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana in the Mumbai attacks case: October 18, 2009: FBI arrests 48-year-old Tahawwur Rana, a resident of Chicago and an accomplice of Mumbai attacks accused David Headley. October 27, 2009: FBI files affidavit in a Chicago court alleging that Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba was planning to use Headley and Rana to carry...
12:49 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Rana faces up to 30 years in prison for helping LeT and helping an aborted strike on a Danish newspaper. ...
11:44 AM, Jun 10, 2011
Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, reacting on Rana's verdict, questioned as to why Headley's version was not accepted. ...
10:41 AM, Jun 10, 2011
New Delhi: Union Home Ministry on Friday said that Tahawwur Hussain Rana's acquittal of the Mumbai terror attack conspiracy charge by a Chicago court in the US is not a setback for India. The National Investigative Agency (NIA) will try Rana and David Coleman Headley, who turned approver and escaped the death sentence for his direct role in the Mumbai attacks, for November 2008 carnage in India's financial capital. India...
10:15 AM, Jun 10, 2011
New Delhi: Union Home Ministry on Friday said that Tahawwur Hussain Rana's acquittal of the Mumbai terror attack conspiracy charge by a Chicago court in the US is not a setback for India. The National Investigative Agency (NIA) will try Rana and David Coleman Headley, who turned approver and escaped the death sentence for his direct role in the Mumbai attacks, for November 2008 carnage in India's financial capital. India...
10:15 AM, Jun 10, 2011
Chicago: Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana and his family are in a "state of shock" after the jury found him guilty on two counts of terrorism related charges that could possibly result in a maximum imprisonment of 30 years. "I think, he is in shock," Charles Swift, Rana's attorney, told reporters at a news conference soon after the 12-member jury announced its verdict that Rana was found guilty of conspiracy to...
08:25 AM, Jun 10, 2011
Chicago: Attorneys of Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was convicted on Friday by a US court for providing material support to LeT and helping a terror plot in Denmark, said they would appeal against the verdict as there was an error in the trial. Rana's attorney Patrick Blegan said he would file post-trial motions that there was not enough evidence to convict him and that there was an error in...
07:54 AM, Jun 10, 2011
