On November 26, 2008, a group of 10 Pakistani terrorists went on a rampage, carrying out attacks on a railway station, two luxury hotels, and a Jewish centre, sneaking into India's financial capital through the sea route
A Delhi court on Thursday allowed Tahawwur Hussain Rana to have phone conversations with family. File Pic
A Delhi court on Thursday allowed 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana to have phone conversations with family members for the limited purpose of discussing engagement of a private counsel, court sources said, reported the PTI.
They said special judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order in an in-chamber proceeding, as per the PTI.
At present, advocate Piyush Sachdeva from Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) is Tahawwur Rana's legal aid counsel.
Earlier, Tihar jail authorities had opposed Rana's application seeking telephonic calls with his family members.
Tahawwur Rana is allegedly a close associate of 26/11 main conspirator David Coleman Headley, alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen.
Rana was brought to India after the US Supreme Court on April 4 dismissed his review plea against his extradition to India.
On November 26, 2008, a group of 10 Pakistani terrorists went on a rampage, carrying out attacks on a railway station, two luxury hotels, and a Jewish centre, sneaking into India's financial capital through the sea route, according to the PTI.
A total of 166 people were killed in the assault that lasted for nearly 60 hours.
Earlier, the NIA had successfully secured the extradition of Tahawwur Rana after years of sustained and concerted efforts to bring the key conspirator behind the 2008 mayhem to justice.
The extradition had finally come through after Rana exhausted all legal avenues to stay the move.
The extradition proceedings were initiated between the two countries after India eventually secured a surrender warrant for the wanted terrorist from the US government.
He was successfully extradited from the US to India in April this year.
Rana was held in judicial custody in the US pursuant to proceedings initiated under the India-US Extradition Treaty for his extradition.
Tahawwur Rana is accused of conspiring with David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, and operatives of designated terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (HUJI) along with other Pakistan-based co-conspirators, to carry out the devastating terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008.
Both LeT and HUJI have been declared as terrorist organisations by the Government of India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
(with PTI inputs)
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