Mumbai 26/11 Attack Accused Tahawwur Rana Gives Voice Sample Before NIA Judge

A Special NIA courtroom in Delhi on Saturday monitored the number of voice and handwriting samples of Pakistani-Canadian nationwide Tahawwur Rana within the Mumbai terror assault case of 2008. 

The recent samples will likely be matched with recordings of Rana’s telephonic discussions with 26/11 co-accused David Coleman Headley, an reputable stated.

His handwriting pattern may be prone to be matched with the notes that Rana has been making in a diary supplied to him via NIA right through its custody, stated a supply.

Rana, who used to be lately extradited from america, is suspected to have handed directly to Headley handwritten notes sharing directions, coordinates, and maps that have been used to scout 26/11 objectives.

The NIA may be getting ready to take Rana to Mumbai and different towns to reconstruct the chain of occasions previous the phobia assault that left 166 folks lifeless.

On April 28 final week, the Special NIA courtroom prolonged Rana’s NIA custody via 12 extra days to permit investigators to query him.

Special Judge Charan Jit Singh permitted Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan’s plea that the investigating company wishes extra time to discover Rana’s position within the Mumbai assault of 2008.

Rana’s 18-day remand ended on Monday, and he used to be offered in courtroom for an extension of his NIA custody.

During the courtroom court cases, the Special Judge used to be knowledgeable via the NIA in regards to the alleged evasive methodology followed via Rana right through wondering.

The NIA additionally expressed its need to take Rana to quite a lot of different towns to reconstruct the chain of occasions right through the accused’s India visits previous the phobia assault.

The courtroom had previous directed the NIA to habits a clinical take a look at of Rana each 24 hours and make allowance him to talk to his attorneys each 2nd day.

During his 18-day remand, Rana used to be additionally wondered via Mumbai Police officials. During the interrogation, Rana claimed that he had “no connection whatsoever” with the making plans or execution of the assault.

He additionally claimed that his formative years good friend and co-accused, David Coleman Headley, used to be only accountable for the reconnaissance and making plans sides of 26/11. Headley is lately in a US prison.

Headley, who became approver within the case, had previous admitted to carrying out recce missions throughout India, together with in Mumbai, on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

During wondering, Rana stated that except for Mumbai and Delhi, he had additionally travelled to Kerala. When requested in regards to the goal of his discuss with to Kerala, he claimed he had long gone there to satisfy a identified acquaintance and had supplied the person’s title and deal with to the company.

Rana, a former officer of the Pakistan Army’s Medical Corps, used to be extradited to India from america lately to stand justice within the Mumbai assault case.