Tahawwur Rana to be extradited to India

A US court has approved the Indian government’s request for the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, the Pakistan-born Canadian man who faces charges for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008

A US court has approved the Indian government’s request for the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, the Pakistan-born Canadian man who faces charges for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 and is known to be associated with David Headley.

“The Court has reviewed and considered all of the documents submitted… the Court makes the findings set forth below, and CERTIFIES to the Secretary of State of the United States the extraditability of Rana on the charged offences that are the subject of the Request,” wrote Judge Jacqueline Chooljian, US Magistrate Judge of the US District Court Central District of California, in a court order dated May 16 that was released Wednesday (May 17).