US EditionHow Tahawwur Rana Helped Identify Key Targets of 26/11 Attack: ‘Lashkar Functioned More as Spy Network’
INDIA, JUL 7 – Tahawwur Rana admitted during NIA interrogation that he aided Lashkar-e-Taiba and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence in the 26/11 attacks that killed 166 people, confirming state-backed terrorism.
- Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a 64-year-old Canadian of Pakistani origin, is in judicial custody in India until July 9 for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
- Rana was extradited from the United States in April following the US Supreme Court’s rejection of his petition to challenge the extradition, bringing an end to a protracted legal process.
- Rana, a former Pakistan Army captain who completed an MBBS in 1986, aided David Headley in identifying key 26/11 attack targets and admitted the operations had assistance from Pakistan's ISI.
- The coordinated 26/11 assault, carried out by 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists on November 26, 2008, killed 166 people and injured over 300 at sites including luxury hotels and a train station.
- Rana faces charges including criminal conspiracy, murder, and waging war against India, with authorities preparing to formally arrest him as investigations continue.
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NIA Arrests 3 Including Psychiatrist for Involvement in LeT-linked Prison Radicalisation Case
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested three persons, including a prison psychiatrist and an armed reserve police personnel, following extensive searches in Karnataka over their alleged involvement in prison radicalisation case linked with Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, officials said. India News | NIA Arrests 3 Including Psychiatrist for Involvement i…
‘Pak Army’s trusted asset; Headley trained by LeT’: Tahawwur Rana’s startling admissions on 26/11 Mumbai attacks
Tahawwur Rana’s revelations about the Pakistani Army and terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba came during his initial interrogation by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, following his extradition to India in April this year.
How did Tahawwur Rana help David Headley identify key 26/11 targets in Mumbai?
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 64, was a childhood friend of David Coleman Headley aka Daood Gilani, who masterminded the attacks at the behest of LeT chief Hafeez Saeed. Rana claimed he was a trusted agent of the Pakistan army and was even sent to Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War on a secret mission. He said he conducted reconnaissance in several areas in Mumbai, helped Headley travel to India by concocting a fake identity for him and was even in the c…
Tahawwur Rana claims he was a trusted man of Pakistani Army, sent on secret mission to Saudi Arabia
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, one of the main conspirators behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has made shocking claims, revealing that he was a trusted operative of the Pakistani Army and was sent on a secret mission to Saudi Arabia, said Mumbai Police sources on Monday. Mumbai Crime Branch had questioned Tahawwur Rana, who is in NIA custody, in the case related to the 26/11 terror attack. According to police sources, several details related to …
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