Rana Extradition Unlikely Before 2023, Indicates U.S.

NIA team told that he will have to complete his 14-year jail term

- Vijaita Singh

Indian agencies will have to wait a little longer before Ta­hawwur Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case is extradited here from the U.S.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team that was in the U.S. a few days ago to seek the extradition of Rana, a close associate of David Co­leman Headley, has been gi­ven an indication that Rana has to rst complete his jail sentence.

Arrested in 2009 Rana, who was arrested in 2009, is serving a 14­year pri­ son term in the U.S. for pro­ viding material support to terror outt Lashkar­e­Taiba (LeT), which planned and executed the attacks.

Though he was sentenced to 14 years in jail in 2013 by a U.S. district court, his term would also include the pe­riod he has already served in prison and would come to an end in 2023.