Overview
- The National Investigation Agency sent targeted queries to US authorities under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty based on findings from Rana’s questioning.
- Officials said the request was routed through Indian ministries and diplomatic channels for specific details tied to the probe.
- Rana was extradited from the United States on April 10, formally arrested in New Delhi, and remains in judicial custody at Tihar Jail.
- In July, the NIA filed a first supplementary chargesheet and later submitted a Section 207 CrPC compliance report following a June 6 court order.
- Investigators allege Rana conspired with David Coleman Headley and LeT–HUJI operatives in the 2008 attacks that killed 166 people, with coordination continuing with US agencies as probes also examine possible links to other plots.