Washington:
A federal US court in Los Angeles has scheduled on its calendar the in-individual extradition hearing of Tahawwur Rana, the Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman who is sought for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack in India.
The extradition hearing, at the request of the Indian government, would be held in the court of Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian in Los Angeles.
The court records recommended that the US government submitted a set of sealed Indian documents prior to the court twice this week, the most recent one becoming on Wednesday. On request, the content of the documents have been sealed. The extradition hearing is scheduled for 1.30 nearby time, which is 2 am IST on Friday, June 25.
“United States of America v Tahawwur Hussain Rana (In-Person CUSTODY),” a Courtroom deputy clerk of US District Court, central District of California mentioned in the court’s calendar for Thursday.
“Proceedings: Extradition Hearing” it mentioned.
The United States government, in several submissions prior to the court, has made a declaration in help of the “United States” Surrebuttal in Support of its Request for Certification of Extradition.”
Rana, 59, is sought in India in connection with his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack.
Rana, a childhood buddy of prime convict David Coleman Headley, was re-arrested on June 10, 2020 in Los Angeles on an extradition request by India for his involvement in the Mumbai terror attack in which 166 men and women, like six Americans, had been killed. He has been declared a fugitive by India.
Headley, 60, was made an approver in the case, and is at present serving a 35-year prison term in the US for his part in the attack. Rana has opposed his extradition to India, arguing that he has currently been convicted by a US court in Chicago.
The United States government asserts that the premise of Rana’s argument is incorrect for the reason that the Indian substantive charges are not regarded as lesser integrated offenses of their conspiracy charges.
As per the India-US Extradition Treaty, the Indian government has requested the formal extradition of Rana, and the United States has initiated this extradition proceeding. The US government has argued that Rana meets all the criteria warranting certification of his extradition to India.
These are: the court has each private and topic matter jurisdiction, there is an extradition treaty among the United States and India that is in complete force and impact, and the crimes for which Rana’s extradition is sought are covered by the terms of the treaty.
In his earlier court submission on February 4, Rana’s lawyer had argued that his extradition is barred beneath Article 6 of the United States-India extradition treaty for the reason that he had previously been acquitted of the offences for which his extradition is sought, and beneath Article 9 of the treaty for the reason that the government has not established probable bring about to think that Rana committed the alleged offences.