2008 Mumbai terror attack: Accused extradited from US arrives in India

A Pakistani-born Canadian doctor-turned businessman, accused of helping to orchestrate one of India's deadliest attacks that left 166 people dead in the county's financial capital Mumbai in 2008, reached New Delhi today after the US extradited him in the first such transfer.

In a statement late this evening, India's anti-terror body National Investigation Agency said Tahawwur Rana, 64, was "formally arrested immediately after his arrival at Delhi airport".

Rana was escorted to Delhi by teams of NIA and National Security Guard (NSG), the agency said.

During the three days in November 2008, ten heavily-armed attackers of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba targeted major landmarks across Mumbai, including two luxury hotels, a Jewish centre and the main train station, killing 166 people.

Rana was sentenced to 14 years in prison in the US in 2013 for providing support to Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Rana was flown to India by Indian security agencies after his petitions challenging the extradition were rejected by the US Supreme Court.

India formally sought Rana's custody in June 2020 and President Donald Trump announced Rana's transfer in February this year during a joint press conference with Modi in Washington.