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Tahawwur Hussain Rana has requested a copy of the Quran, and is observed offering Namaz five times daily in his cell in NIA custody

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.

Pakistan has distanced itself from the 2008 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana and said that it is "very clear" that he is of Canadian nationality.

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.

Former Ambassador of India to the US Taranji Singh Sandhu has said that US President Donald Trump's announcement about the extradition of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana to India sends a clear message

"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.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the extradition of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana to India and said he will face justice.

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.