New Delhi: In a move of extreme significance, the US Supreme Court on Saturday cleared the way for 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict Tahawwur Rana to be extradited to India. The news comes after only weeks when the accused, Rana, approached the US Supreme Court against his extradition to India after losing the legal battle in lower courts. On January 21, the US Supreme Court denied a petition of writ of certiorari filed by Rana seeking to prevent his extradition to India. Rana had last reached out to the US Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco after losing the legal battle in lower courts.

India has long sought the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks case. India, while being appreciative of the US for this act, should also be quick in dealing with terrorism in a similar manner with US support, especially with the new President-elect Donald Trump who shares similar views.

Tahawwur Rana faces charges for his role in the deadly 26/11 Mumbai attack. Rana is also a known associate of Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist David Coleman Headley who was a primary conspirator........

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