(BBC) A Pakistan-born Chicago businessman wanted in India for his role in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai city has been brought to the country after being extradited from the US.
Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian citizen, landed in Delhi on Thursday. India’s National Investigation Agency confirmed his extradition had been successful.
In 2011, a US court cleared him of a direct role in helping plot the attacks that killed 166 people, but convicted him for supporting a militant group blamed for the attacks.
Sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2013, the 64-year-old was released in 2020 on health grounds but was re-arrested later that year after India’s extradition request.
A US court approved Rana’s extradition in 2023 but he remained in custody pending a final approval by the country’s government.
