The Union Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) Wednesday evening issued a gazetted notification appointing a particular public prosecutor for the trial for 3 years, a day earlier than the arrival of Tahawwur Rana, who’s being extradited from the US after his arrest for his function within the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults.
In response to sources, a crew of senior Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) and intelligence officers obtained Rana’s custody, and he can be reaching Delhi Thursday.
In a notification, Abhijit Sinha, Joint Secretary (MHA), mentioned, “In train of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of part 15 of the Nationwide Investigation Company Act, 2008 (34 of 2008), learn with sub-section (8) of part 18 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the Central Authorities hereby appoints Narender Mann, Advocate as Particular Public Prosecutor for conducting trial and different issues associated to NIA case RC-04/2009/NIA/DLI on behalf of the NIA earlier than the NIA Particular Courts at Delhi and Appellate Courts, for a interval of three years from the date of publication of this notification or until the completion of trial of the mentioned case, whichever is earlier”.
In response to NIA, the case quantity RC-04/2009/NIA/DLI is the Headley-Mumbai terror assault conspiracy case. “As per Authorities of India, Ministry of House Affairs order No. 11034/10/ 2009-IS.VI dated 11/11/ 2009 Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) registered a case on 11/11/2009 at NIA Police Station, New Delhi as Case RC-04/2009/NIA/DLI underneath sections 121A of IPC, Part 18 of Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act and Part 6(2) SAARC Conference (Suppression of Terrorism) Act towards 1) David Coleman Headley @ Daood Gilani (US Citizen), 2) Tahawwur Hussain Rana (Canadian citizen) and others,” it mentioned.
“Accused individuals David Coleman Headley, a US Citizen, resident of Chicago, Illinois and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian citizen of Pakistan origin primarily residing in Chicago, USA entered right into a prison conspiracy with members of Lashkar-E-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul Jihadi Islami (HUJI), each terrorist organizations based mostly in Pakistan, which have been declared as Terrorist Group by the Authorities of India underneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act, 1967 (as amended in Act 35 / 2008), to commit terrorist acts in New Delhi and different locations in India,” it mentioned.
Union House Minister Amit Shah known as the extradition of Rana a giant success of the Modi authorities.
“Rana’s extradition is a giant success of Prime Minister Modi’s diplomacy. The Modi authorities’s effort is to carry to justice those that assault India’s honour, land and other people. He shall be introduced right here to face trial and punishment. It’s a large success of the Modi authorities,” Shah mentioned whereas talking on the News18 Rising Bharat Summit.
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A crew of three senior officers of the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA), together with three intelligence officers, reached the US Sunday to acquire custody of Rana. “After taking him into their custody, the crew left and coming to Delhi on Thursday morning. The Nayayik Abhiraksha Vahini of Delhi Police has been requested by the NIA to ship a jail van together with a pilot escort to the airport on Thursday morning at round 7 am to ferry Rana from the airport to their headquarters,” a supply mentioned.
In response to sources, Rana is more likely to be despatched to judicial custody as soon as he’s in Delhi, and shall be produced earlier than a court docket by way of a video hyperlink.
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