The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is interrogating 26/11 Mumbai attacks conspirator Tahawwur Hussain Rana due to several leads obtained by the probe agency throughout its investigation, which includes numerous phone conversations between him and his co-conspirator David Coleman Headley, also known as Daood Gilani, a US citizen who is presently incarcerated in that nation.
The 64-year-old Canadian businessman of Pakistani descent was taken to the NIA headquarters early Friday after a Delhi court approved 18-day custody for the central investigative agency, following his extradition from the United States. Tahawwur Hussain Rana is being interrogated regarding his alleged connections with officials from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and his ties to the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which orchestrated the attacks.
The inquiry pertains to the conspiracy planned around 2005 when David Headley was instructed by Lashkar-e-Taiba to carry out surveillance in India. Rana would additionally be questioned about people he encountered, particularly a supposed important link in Dubai who is believed to have knowledge of the intentions to execute the Mumbai terror attacks.
The NIA officials are optimistic about uncovering significant clues regarding his journeys in areas of northern and southern India, just days prior to the assaults in the nation’s financial hub on November 26, 2008.
“Rana will remain in NIA custody for 18 days, during which time the agency will question him in detail in order to unravel the complete conspiracy behind the deadly 2008 attacks, in which a total of 166 persons were killed and over 238 injured,” said a statement issued by the probe agency soon after the court’s verdict on Friday early morning.
