Rana is being extradited from the United States in connection with a conspiracy case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2009 related to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Pakistani origin businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana who was convicted for his role in the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai that resulted in the death of 164 people could now be extradited to India. Rana's co-conspirators included, among others, David Headley. Headley pleaded guilty and cooperated agai
Speaking to ANI, Vikas Singh said that for a political crime, one cannot be extradited. -- India cannot extradite individuals accused of political crimes and the punishment in the requesting country (Bangladesh) must not exceed that prescribed in India for similar offences.
During his trial, he requested to return to India, and as a result, he was handed over to Surat Police and transferred to Surat's Lajpore Central Jail to serve the remainder of his sentence, based on an agreement between the UK government and the Government of India.
A Delhi Court has recently framed charges against four accused including bookie Sanjeev Chawla and Krishan Kumar of T-Series in a 2000 match-fixing scandal. Chawla was extradited from the UK in the year 2020.
Nikhil Gupta was extradited on 14 June to face legal proceedings in the US. He is suspected by the US of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to kill the India-designated pro-Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil
Abu Salem is currently serving a life sentence in Taloja Jail, Mumbai, for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings and other cases. He was extradited from Portugal to India in 2005 and has been in Taloja Jail since then.
A US District Court spokesperson said Nikhil Gupta is scheduled to appear in the lower Manhattan courthouse on federal murder-for-hire charges on Monday.
According to the US Department of Justice, Nestor Isidro Perez Salas "was one of the Sinaloa cartel's lead sicarios, or assassins" and was involved in the "production and sale of fentanyl" in the United States.