'If I go there, I will be killed soon': Tahawwur Rana's new trick to avoid coming to India, terrorist reaches US court

Tahawwur Rana Extradition: Mumbai 26/11 attack accused terrorist Tahawwur Hussain Rana has made a last ditch effort to avoid extradition to India. Citing torture in India, the terrorist has appealed to the US Supreme Court to immediately stop his extradition. US President Donald Trump has announced that Tahawwur Rana, the mastermind of the 26 November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, will be extradited to India. Now Rana has approached the US Supreme Court as a last ditch effort to stop his extradition, citing the risk of being tortured in India.

63-year-old Rana said in his petition, "If the stay is not granted, there will be no review. The US courts will lose their jurisdiction and the petitioner will die soon." The terrorist has also cited his religion, Pakistani origin and human rights report to stop his extradition.

Rana has filed a petition in the US Supreme Court asking for an emergency stay on his extradition. In his petition, Rana has said that there is a high possibility of him being tortured in India because he is a Muslim of Pakistani origin.

According to India Today report, in his petition, Rana said that being a Muslim of Pakistani origin, he would be harassed a lot in India. Citing the Human Rights Watch 2023 World Report, he has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government of India discriminates against religious minorities, especially Muslims.

Tahawwur Rana further said that he is suffering from many diseases. The terrorist told the court that he is also suffering from Parkinson's disease. Therefore, he should not be sent to a place where he is targeted on national, religious and cultural grounds.

Rana, a Pakistani-born Canadian citizen, was convicted in the US for supporting the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). He is wanted in India for his alleged role in the Mumbai attacks, which killed over 174 people. India has long been seeking his extradition.

Rana, a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin and currently lodged in a Los Angeles jail, is accused of being associated with David Coleman Headley, the main conspirator of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. On the night of 26 November 2008, 10 terrorists carried out simultaneous attacks at several places in Mumbai.

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The terrorists targeted two five-star hotels, a hospital, railway stations and a Jewish center. 175 people, including 9 terrorists, were killed in this terrorist attack. Ajmal Kasab, a terrorist involved in the attack, was arrested and hanged in Pune's Yerwada Jail on November 21, 2012.