Overview

• Special NIA Judge Chander Jit Singh approved the agency's request to collect voice and handwriting samples from Tahawwur Rana on Wednesday.
• Rana, a 64-year-old Canadian businessman of Pakistani origin, was extradited from the United States to India in April 2025.
• The NIA has alleged that Rana has been evasive and uncooperative during questioning, necessitating further custodial interrogation.
• Rana is accused of facilitating visas and logistical support for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed 166 people over nearly 60 hours.
• Investigators continue to examine Rana’s suspected links to Lashkar-e-Taiba and other perpetrators of the 26/11 attacks as part of ongoing efforts to bring all conspirators to justice.