Tahawwur Hussain Rana, convicted for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, is undergoing daily interrogation sessions lasting 8 to 10 hours by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), according to a report by PTI citing top sources.
The 64-year-old Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman, recently extradited from the United States, is being questioned to uncover a broader conspiracy surrounding the 2008 attacks carried out by the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which killed 166 and injured over 230 in Mumbai.
Sources revealed that the NIA is interrogating Rana based on key leads, including a large number of phone conversations with co-conspirator David Coleman Headley, also known as Daood Gilani. The questioning is led by Chief Investigating Officer Jaya Roy.
Officials are also examining Rana’s travel patterns across northern and southern India in the days leading up to the attacks. They hope to extract crucial intelligence that could further expose the terror plot.
Rana, currently held in a high-security cell at the NIA headquarters in Delhi’s CGO Complex, is under round-the-clock surveillance. A Delhi court has ensured that he receives regular medical check-ups and is allowed to meet his lawyer.
According to PTI, Rana has requested only three items while in custody — a pen, a notebook or sheets of paper, and a Quran — all of which have been provided. So far, he has made no special food requests and is being served meals in accordance with standard procedures for detainees.
Rana was formally arrested on April 10 upon his arrival at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport following his extradition from the U.S., which came after a prolonged legal battle. He faces charges including conspiracy, murder, terrorist acts, and forgery under Indian law.