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NIA Court Extends Custody of 26/11 Accused Tahawwur Rana to September 8

He will have three supervised, recorded calls to discuss legal representation during the NIA’s document scrutiny of the supplementary chargesheet.

Overview

  • Special judge Chander Jit Singh granted the extension after Rana appeared via video conferencing from Tihar Jail.
  • The court authorized three recorded phone calls with Rana’s brother, limited to Hindi or English and overseen by senior jail officers.
  • The National Investigation Agency filed a supplementary chargesheet this month and the case has entered a document scrutiny phase.
  • Defense counsel Piyush Sachdeva requested additional time to examine both the original chargesheet and the new supplementary documents.
  • Rana is charged under the IPC and UAPA for allegedly aiding Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives and David Coleman Headley in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.