US Supreme Court Clears Mumbai Terror Attack Convict Tahawwur Rana's Extradition to India

The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India as it dismissed a review petition against his conviction in the case.

Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana is accused of playing a major role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in India.

Rana, 63, has been incarcerated in a Los Angeles prison since the extradition request by India was accepted by the U.S. He faces several criminal charges for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks, He is also known to be associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, also known as “Daood Gilani,” one of the chief conspirators of the attacks, helping him and others located in Pakistan to assist terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in carrying out the Mumbai attacks.