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Tahawwur Rana being flown to India; Likely to land at Hindon Airbase

Mumbai terror attack 2008 accused Tahawwur Rana

New Delhi: The mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attack Tahawwur Rana is being flown to India today onboard a special flight from the US, reports Dynamite News correspondent'

The plane bringing back Rana is likely to land at Hindon Airbase in 
Ghaziabad.

The security has been beefed up at the Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad.  

Also Read | US Supreme court clears decks for 26/11 plotter Tahawwur Rana's extradition to India

Rana will be presented before the court today.

Rana is being extradited to India after his last effort to evade extradition was rejected by the US Supreme Court.

Rana is a Pakistan-born Canadian and a close associate of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley. Rana is one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

Also Read | NIA team to visit USA soon for extradition of terrorist Tahawwur Rana

Tahawwur Rana had personally conducted reconnaissance and scouted Mumbai for picking the locations of the terror strikes ahead of the terror attacks. 

He had also directly facilitated fellow jihadi David Coleman Headley—also known as Dawood Gilani—to travel to India using a Pakistani-American passport.

 

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