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Rana reportedly told Headley that the nine LeT terrorists killed during the attack “should be given the Nishan-e-Haider,” Pakistan’s highest military honour awarded posthumously for battlefield valor.

This comes after the US Secretary of State had signed the surrender warrant authorizing Rana's extradition to Indian authorities on February 11. Rana's legal counsel subsequently filed an emergency stay motion seeking to challenge that order.

Rana is a close associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley, who is wanted in India for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

It is pertinent to recall that in August 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stated that Tahawwur Rana is “extraditable to India” under the extradition treaty between India and the US.

"Who will now ensure justice for the victims here? America has done this to please Pakistan and has executed this conspiracy jointly," PM Modi lashed out in 2011 after Chicago court acquitted Tahawwur Rana.

Rana has been lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Los Angeles for over 10 years since he was convicted of the 2008 terror attacks by a US court.

According to NIA officials, the extradition process for Tahawwur Rana is now underway, Economic Times reported.

Makki was designated as a global terrorist by the UN last year and faced an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.

Tahawwur Rana was convicted in the United States for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. He was imprisoned for more than 10 years

Responding to Sardesai’s allegation, Milind Deora recalled the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and how the Congress leaders acted absolutely against the interest of India and blamed Hindus for the terror attack.