Tahawwur Rana Interrogated by NIA Over 26/11 Mumbai Attacks and Broader Terror Links
Extradited from the US, Rana is being questioned in a high-security facility in New Delhi to uncover his role in the 2008 attacks and connections to Lashkar-e-Taiba and ISI.
- Tahawwur Rana, extradited from the US, is under an 18-day custody order and is being interrogated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in New Delhi.
- Investigators are probing his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which killed 166 people, and his links to co-conspirator David Coleman Headley through numerous phone calls.
- Rana is being questioned about his suspected ties to Pakistan's ISI, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and a key contact in Dubai who may have known about the 26/11 plot.
- He is being held in a highly-secured cell, with medical and legal protocols being followed, and has requested a Quran, pen, and paper during his detention.
- The NIA aims to uncover details of a broader terror conspiracy, including potential plots to target multiple Indian cities in attacks similar to 26/11.