New Delhi:
Tehwwur Hussain Rana, who was convicted in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, has lost his last legal option in the US to avoid extradited to India. The Supreme Court in the US on Saturday approved Rana’s extradition as it rejected a review petition of the terrorist criminal against his sentence. This has cleared the way for India to extradite the terrorist leader and bring it into the dock of justice.
Apart from Rana, apart from Rana, India is trying to bring back many other criminals who became fugitives in their country to avoid law. The government said last month that one third of all the fugitives are hidden in the US, which has become a “safe haveh” for criminals and terrorists.
These five fugitives are hiding abroad, trying to bring back India-
Tahwwur Hussain Rana
Pakistani -origin Canadian businessman Rana is Wanted for his role in Mumbai attacks, killing more than 160 people. A former military doctor, who served in the Pakistani Army, was already aware of the 2008 attacks. He was arrested in 2009 for a terrorist conspiracy in Denmark. Apart from this case, he has been convicted of providing physical assistance to Lashkar-e-Taiba. In the latest update, the US Supreme Court has approved its extradition to India.
Arsh Dalla
Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Singh Gill alias Arsh Dal lives in Canada and is the leader of the banned organization Khalistan Tiger Force. He is wanted in India in more than 50 cases of murder, attempt to murder, extortion and terrorist activities. In January 2004, he was declared a “terrorist”. According to sources, he has been in touch with the Pakistani espionage agency ISI. Dalla was arrested after being injured in an attack in October last year. Since then, India has been trying to extradite him, but got bail in December.
Anmol Bishnoi
Anmol Bishnoi is the younger brother of Lawrence Bishnoi, who runs a dreaded Bishnoi gang from Gujarat jail. He is wanted in India in many high-profile cases including the killings of Punjabi singer Sidhu Mouswala and politician Baba Siddiqui. Anmol was arrested in November last year for entering the country in the US without legitimate documents. Intelligence sources had indicated that despite the request of custody from Delhi, there is no possibility of extradited so soon.
Vijay Mallya
Liquor businessman Vijay Mallya left India in 2016. He is facing a loan lapse case of over Rs 9,000 crore. He is currently in the UK. He is a Wantind in India for fraud after the fall of its closed company Kingfisher Airlines. He was declared a fugitive in 2019. India is fighting a long legal battle for Mallya’s custody, which is unlikely to end soon. Back home, the CBI court last year issued a new non-bailable warrant against him in a separate loan omission case of Rs 180 crore.
Nirav Modi
Diamond businessman Nirav Modi and his maternal uncle Mehul Choksi are the main accused in the PNB loan fraud case worth Rs 14,000 crore. Both of them are being investigated with bank officials regarding alleged nexus. Nirav Modi fled the country in 2018 and was arrested in London in the same year. Now he is in jail in Britain and till now all his petitions against extradition in India have been dismissed. Mehul Choksi is now in Antigua.
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