Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian nationwide of Pakistani origin accused within the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults, has filed a plea with the US Supreme Courtroom to dam his extradition to India. This marks his closing authorized try after dropping battles in decrease and federal courts, together with the US Courtroom of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which denied his request for a keep on September 23.
India has sought Tahawwur Rana’s extradition for his alleged position in aiding the 26/11 assaults that killed 166 folks, together with six Individuals. Rana, recognized for his affiliation with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, is accused of aiding the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, which carried out the assaults.
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Rana’s Supreme Courtroom plea argues he was acquitted in a federal courtroom in Chicago on expenses associated to the identical incident and claims his extradition would violate the precept of double jeopardy. His petition additionally warns of a possible loss of life sentence if tried and convicted in India.
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What Rana argued
In his “petitions for a writ of certiorari to overview the judgment of the US Courtroom of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit” on this case, Rana makes the identical argument that he was tried and acquitted in federal courtroom within the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago) on expenses regarding the 2008 terrorist assault on Mumbai.
“India now seeks to extradite him for trial on expenses primarily based on the an identical conduct at difficulty within the Chicago case,” it says.
The petition says that if the “components” normal applies, he very seemingly can be despatched to India to be placed on trial a second time for a similar conduct, with conviction and a loss of life sentence ominously on the horizon for him.
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“As well as, decision of this difficulty may have appreciable and rising impression, because the rising globalisation of felony regulation enforcement and worldwide cooperation, which in flip has led to a dramatic rise in extraditions, will have an effect on an increasing number of people and nations going ahead,” it stated.
The Mumbai assaults, carried out by 10 Pakistani terrorists, concerned a 60-hour siege on iconic places, leaving India’s monetary capital scarred.
(Inputs from PTI)
