Overview
- Marking the 17th anniversary of the attacks, the U.S. Embassy called Tahawwur Rana’s transfer to India a critical and major step toward justice and pledged continued counterterrorism cooperation.
- Rana was handed over to Indian authorities on April 10 after the U.S. Supreme Court on April 4 dismissed his final challenge to extradition.
- Investigators allege he enabled David Headley’s reconnaissance by opening a Mumbai branch of his immigration services firm, installing Headley to provide cover, and helping secure visas with fabricated documents.
- Officials involved in the probe say Rana has been dodging questions and giving conflicting accounts, including differing versions to the NIA and the Mumbai Police.
- According to probe officials, he acknowledges Headley used his company but denies knowing about reconnaissance, and while he references the ISI and Ilyas Kashmiri, he withholds a fuller account of higher-level involvement.