Top sources cited by an agency stated that Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a convict in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case, is undergoing rigorous daily sessions of interrogation for eight to 10 hours by the National Investigation Agency. Recently, the 64-year-old Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman was extradited from the United States to India and is now at the centre of a renewed probe to find out the bigger conspiracy behind the 2008 terror attacks that rocked India’s financial capital.
A co-conspirator in the deadly attack by the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Rana is believed to have been a key link in the attack, which led to the death of 166 people and over 230 injured. The interrogation sessions are being carried out by a team led by Chief Investigating Officer Jaya Roy and based on new leads found since the investigation has lasted so many years, sources said. They mention phone records of numerous calls between Rana and his associate, David Coleman Headley (also known as Daood Gilani), who previously confessed to having done surveillance on the targets in Mumbai.
The NIA is also looking into Rana’s movements around various parts of northern as well as southern India in the days leading to the November 26, 2008 attack. His testimony may provide invaluable information on how the plan was developed and further help identify other potential collaborators.
Although Rana was supposed to be interrogated repeatedly, officials said he has cooperated throughout the process. The NIA has to conduct regular medical checkups and is allowing Wardan to meet with his legal counsel as mandated by a Delhi court. It is a major Indian push ahead of the investigation in unravelling the full extent of the 26/11 terror conspiracy.
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