Delhi's Patiala House Court sent 26/11 accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana to 18 days NIA custody. .Special NIA judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order past midnight on Thursday after NIA demanded 20 days of custody. .Rana, a Pakistani-origin Canadian-American, was arrested earlier today after he landed in Delhi, following his deportation from the United States. .According to The Indian Express, Rana was born in Pakistan in 1961 and served as a doctor in the Pakistani Army, before migrating to Canada in the 1990s and becoming a citizen in the early 2000s.He is believed to be a close aide of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, who conducted reconnaissance missions for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.Headley is currently lodged in a US prison. He had testified that Rana provided both logistical and financial support for the Mumbai plot. Indian agencies have said that Rana has connections with Pakistan's intelligence service, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Pakistani Army, and the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the main outfit behind the Mumbai terror attack. .Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan appeared for the NIA. .Rana was represented through a legal aid counsel.
Delhi's Patiala House Court sent 26/11 accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana to 18 days NIA custody. .Special NIA judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order past midnight on Thursday after NIA demanded 20 days of custody. .Rana, a Pakistani-origin Canadian-American, was arrested earlier today after he landed in Delhi, following his deportation from the United States. .According to The Indian Express, Rana was born in Pakistan in 1961 and served as a doctor in the Pakistani Army, before migrating to Canada in the 1990s and becoming a citizen in the early 2000s.He is believed to be a close aide of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, who conducted reconnaissance missions for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.Headley is currently lodged in a US prison. He had testified that Rana provided both logistical and financial support for the Mumbai plot. Indian agencies have said that Rana has connections with Pakistan's intelligence service, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Pakistani Army, and the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the main outfit behind the Mumbai terror attack. .Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan appeared for the NIA. .Rana was represented through a legal aid counsel.
