U.S authorities have informed India about the provisional arrest of Tahawwur Rana, one of the key players in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as he is “proposed to be extradited” in a case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Rana walked out of a prison in the U.S on June 10 after he was granted bail on compassionate grounds after he tested positive for COVID-19.
As per the India-U.S. Extradition Treaty of 1997, he can only be extradited to be tried in a case registered by the NIA in 2009 to unearth the conspiracy of several such crimes, including the 26/11 terror attack.
The ‘double jeopardy’ clause in the U.S. law prohibits punishment for the same crime twice. Therefore, India tweaked its bid to seek Rana’s custody on the ground that he was actively involved in planning an attack on the National Defence College in Delhi and Chabad houses (Jewish religious centres) in several Indian cities in 2009.
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