New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The extradition of Tahawwur Rana from the US is a big success for Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government as well as India’s security agencies. However, bringing him to justice won’t be an ‘easy task’ because of the lack of direct and damning evidence against the 26/11 plotter, said Advocate Abbas Kazmi, the defence lawyer of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab.
Abbas Kazmi, in a special interaction with IANS, shared his views on the prosecution and trial of Tahawwur Rana for plotting ghastly carnage in the country’s financial capital and also explained why it won’t be so easy to get him convicted, like Ajmal Kasab.
“In Ajmal Kasab case, there were 30-32 eyewitnesses who testified in court against the bloodbath, inflicted by 10 Pakistani terrorists on Indian soil. However, in Tahawwur Rana’s case, there is only indirect evidence. He was not in Mumbai, when the terrorists unleashed mayhem in Mumbai. Nobody saw him being present there,” he said.
“Therefore, the prosecution is likely to have a tough time in nailing his role before the court and getting him pronounced guilty,” he added.
He, however, said that the agencies secured his extradition from the US on grounds of ample evidence, and they will be of great help in proving his guilt in the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, that left more than 150 people dead.
Notably, Tahawwur Rana, is the one of the main conspirators of Mumbai carnage and was imprisoned in US for quite some time.
Further sharing information about him, Abbas Kazmi said: “Rana was a Pakistani by birth and an ex-Armyman. He migrated to Canada and became a Canadian national.”
“David Coleman Headley was his associate, who carried out reccee of multiple places in Mumbai that came under attack during the 2008 terror attacks,” he added.
Kazmi also praised PM Modi-led government for persuading United States and securing Rana’s extradition in a successful manner.
–IANS
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