NB Viewpoint | "David Headley was guided by Tahawwur Rana..", Ujjwal Nikam reacts to Rana's US extradition

Nikam"s statement comes after the US court approved the extradition of Tahawwur Rana to India where he is sought for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks

NewsBharati 19-May-2023 11:40:25 AM

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"The order of the American court extraditing Tahawwur Hussain Rana is a great victory for India. It is for the first time, according to my knowledge, that the American government has heavily relied upon Indian investigating agencies' evidence" - Ujjwal Nikam

"I'm glad that when I was conducting the trial against one of the Indian accused, Abu Jindal, who was also in the control room which was constituted in Pakistan during the terror attack of 26 November on Mumbai, David Headley before the attack had visited Mumbai. After the attack he had visited Mumbai, he had taken the photographs and he handed over the photographs of the targeted places to the Lashkar-e-Taiba" - Ujjwal Nikam

"David Headley had named Tahawwur Rana because David Headley was guided by Tahawwur Rana for opening an immigration office in Mumbai and in person. So, in following that office, David Headley had taken the various photographs of the targeted places. David Headley had given the sensitive revelation disclosing the closed links between the Lashkar-e-Taiba that is Jamaat-ud-Dawa and that is the Pakistan army official" - Ujjwal Nikam

Mumbai, May 19: Senior advocate Ujjwal Nikam, the special public prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case, has said that the US court's approval for the extradition of case accused Tahawwur Rana to India is a "great victory" for the country.

Ujjwal Nikam on Tahawwur Rana's extradition

According to Nikam, this is the first time that the US government has relied upon evidence by the Indian investigating agencies. Nikam's statement comes after the US court approved the extradition of Tahawwur Rana to India where he is sought for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Ujjwal Nikam said that David Headley was convicted by an American court for 35 years.

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He said that there was a plea bargain agreement between the American government and David Headley that he will not be taken to India. He said that Headly had named Tahawwur Rana. Ujjwal Nikam shared that David Headley gave certain email correspondence exchanged between Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives as well as the Pakistanis people. He further stated, "I think the order of the extradition of Tahawwur Rana would be very clinching evidence so far as the further opening the scope of the entire criminal conspiracy."

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The lawyer termed the Tahawwur Rana extradition order a "major breakthrough." He said that the order will help India in many ways for opening the gate of the criminal conspiracy. "It's a major breakthrough because myself and the government of India's three high officials had visited Islamabad and we were very keen to see whether Pakistan is prosecuting the conspirators who had hatched the criminal conspiracy for the terror attack of Mumbai on 26 November. But Pakistani authorities were asking us to furnish evidence," Ujjwal Nikam said.

The story is based on an interview the lawyer gave to ANI

Ujjwal Nikam Senior Advocate Tahawwur Rana Rana Terrorist US Extradiion American Extradition 2008 Mumbai terror attacks 26/11 Mumbai terror attack David Headley