Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was convicted in the case of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008, has lost his last legal opportunity in the US to prevent extrading to India. The Supreme Court in the US approved the extradition of Rana on Saturday, because the request for revision of the terrorist against his conviction has rejected. This paves the way for India to deliver the master brain of the terror and to bring him to court.
In addition to Rana, India is trying to retire a number of other offenders who have fled to escape the laws in their home country. The government said last month that a third of all fugitives are hiding in the US, which has become a “safe haven” for criminals and terrorists.
Here is a list of the five most important extraditions fought by the country abroad:
Tahawwur Hussein Rana
Rana, a Canadian businessman of Pakistani descent, is being sought because of his role in the attacks in Mumbai, in which more than 160 people died. As a former military doctor who served in the Pakistani army, he had prior knowledge of the 2008 attacks. He was arrested in 2009 for a terror plot in Denmark. Apart from this case, he was convicted of helping Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) with material support. In the last update, the American Supreme Court has approved its extradition to India.
Read: The American Supreme Court approves the extradition of convicted Tahawwur Rana to India on 26/11
Arsh Dalla
KHALALISTANI-TRORIST Arshdep Singh Gill aka Arsh Dalla, the actual leader of the forbidden group KHALALISTAN TIGER Force, is located in Canada. He is sought in India in more than fifty cases of murder, attempted murder, extortion and terrorist acts. In January 2004 he was labeled as 'terrorist'. Sources suggest that he has been in contact with the Pakistani espionage service Isi. Dalla was arrested last October after being injured in an attack. Since then, India has been trying to deliver him, but in December he received a bail.
Read: KHALALISTANI-TRORIST ARSH DALLA gets bail in Canada in the middle of India's urge to extradition
Anmol Bishnoi
Anmol Bishnoi is the younger brother of Lawrence Bishnoi, who leads the dreaded Bishnoi gang from a prison in Gujarat. He is searched for in India for various high-profile matters, including the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and politician Baba Siddique. Anmol was arrested in the US last November because he had entered the country without valid documents. Intelligence sources had indicated that there was no possibility for him to be delivered so quickly, despite the request for detention from Delhi.
Read: Hairwatching history of the prison of the squirrel cage, where Anmol Bishnoi is housed
Vijay Mallya
Drinkbaron Vijay Mallya, who is confronted with a default of more than RS 9,000 Crore, left India in 2016 and is currently staying in Great Britain. He is being sought in India due to fraud after the collapse of his now deprived company Kingfisher Airlines. He was declared fugitive in 2019. India is engaged in a long legal battle for custody of Mallya, which will probably not end soon. At home, a CBI Court issued a new, not on bail last year, released against him in a separate case for non-payment of RS 180 Crore.
NIRAV Modi
Diamondary NIRAV Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are the most important suspects in the PNB loan fraud case worth RS 14,000 crore. The two are being investigated because of an alleged connection with the bank officials who helped them with the fraud. NIRAV Modi left the country in 2018 and was arrested in London that same year. He is now in a British prison and has so far lost all his petitions against extradition to India. Mehul Choksi is now in Antigua.
Moreover, there is a list of various other perpetrators trying to reduce India. On the list is Sanjay Bhandari, an adviser in the field of arms trade, who is staying in Great Britain and is accused of tax evasion and money laundering.
Sourabh Chandrakar, promoter of the GokApp Mahadev, is also confronted with extradition for money laundering after his arrest in Dubai in 2023. When it was reported that he was held under 'home detention' in the midst of attempts of Indian authorities to safely set.