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Tahawwur Rana was brought back to India from the United States on Thursday and was remanded to the NIA custody. The probe agency started grilling him at the NIA Headquarters today.
26/11 plotter Tahawwur Hussain Rana with NIA officials after his extradition in New Delhi. (IMAGE: SOURCED)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to take Tahawwur Rana to different cities of India to probe the angle that the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks-like plans were also to be executed elsewhere in the country, sources said on Friday.
The NIA got an 18-day remand of the 2008 Mumbai attacks accused Rana on late Thursday night, after his successful extradition from the United States. The agency had sought 20-day custody, however, the special court at Delhi’s Patiala House granted remand until April 29.
The anti-terror probe agency intends to take Rana to different cities in order to recreate the scene 17 years after these sinister plans were executed in Mumbai. Sources said that this is why the NIA wanted a long custody of the Pakistani native who is a Lashkar operative.
“NIA needs to probe the angle that the Mumbai (attacks) model was to be implemented in different cities of India and similar attacks were to be carried out there as well,” sources told CNN-News18.
The agency started an interrogation with Rana today at its Headquarters, where he is housed in a 10/10 Feet lockup. The questioning will be focused on three aspects — the role of Pakistani spy agency ISI in the Mumbai terror attacks, his links with Lashkar and the plot behind the 26/11 terror attacks.