Tahawwur Rana's final bid: 26/11 accused approaches US Supreme Court against extradition to India

PTC News Desk: After losing legal battles in all the lower court, 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana has now approached the top court in US against his extradition to India. Rana had last reached out to the US Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco after losing the legal battle in lower courts and several federal courts.

India has sought Rana's extradition for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Tahawwur Rana, is a Canadian national of Pakistani origin.

Last time Rana approached US Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco after getting knocked out legally from all the lower courts and federal courts. However, on September 23, the circuit court rejected his petition putting a stay on the decision of lower courts to extradite him to India. On November 13, Rana filed a "petition for a writ of certiorari" before the US Supreme Court.

In a long battle, this is Rana’s last legal chance not to be extradited to India.

"In addition, resolution of this issue will have considerable and increasing impact, as the growing globalisation of criminal law enforcement and international cooperation, which in turn has led to a dramatic rise in extraditions, will affect more and more individuals and nations going forward," the petition said. 

Currently Rana is facing charges for his involvement in the deadly 26/11 Mumbai attacks who is known to be a close confidant of Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley who was one of the main conspirators of the terror incident. A total of 166 people, including six Americans, were killed in the Mumbai terror attacks in which 10 Pakistani terrorists laid a more than 60-hour siege, attacking and killing people at iconic and vital locations in Mumbai.