New Delhi:
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, convicted in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case, has lost his last legal option in the US to avoid extradition to India. The US Supreme Court on Saturday approved Rana’s extradition as it rejected the terror convict’s review petition against his conviction. This has cleared the way for India to extradite the terrorist leader and bring him to justice.
Let us tell you that apart from Rana, India is trying to bring back many other criminals who had become fugitives in their country to escape the law. The government said last month that a third of all fugitives were hiding in the US, which has become a “safe haven” for criminals and terrorists.
These five fugitives are hiding abroad, whom India is trying to bring back-
Tahawwur Hussain Rana
Rana, a Canadian businessman of Pakistani origin, is wanted for his role in the Mumbai attacks, in which more than 160 people were killed. A former military doctor who had served in the Pakistani Army had prior knowledge of the 2008 attacks. He was arrested in Denmark in 2009 for a terrorist plot. Apart from this case, he has been convicted of providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). In the latest update, the US Supreme Court has approved his extradition to India.
Arsh Dalla
Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla 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. He was declared a “terrorist” in January 2004. According to sources, he has been in contact with Pakistani spy agency ISI. Dalla was arrested after he was injured in an attack in October last year. Since then, India has been trying to extradite him, but he got bail in December.
Anmol Bishnoi
Anmol Bishnoi is the younger brother of Lawrence Bishnoi, who runs the dreaded Bishnoi gang from a jail in Gujarat. He is wanted in India in several high-profile cases, including the murders of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and politician Baba Siddiqui. Anmol was arrested in America in November last year for entering the country without valid documents. Intelligence sources had indicated that despite the request for custody from Delhi, there was no possibility of his extradition so soon.
vijay mallya
Liquor businessman Vijay Mallya left India in 2016. He is facing a loan default case of more than Rs 9,000 crore. Presently he is in UK. He is wanted in India for fraud after the collapse of his now defunct 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 had issued a fresh non-bailable warrant against him in a separate loan default case of Rs 180 crore last year.
Nirav Modi
Diamond trader Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are the main accused in the Rs 14,000 crore PNB loan fraud case. Both of them are being investigated for alleged nexus with bank officials. Nirav Modi fled the country in 2018 and was arrested in London the same year. Now he is lodged in a British jail and till now all his petitions against extradition to India have been rejected. Mehul Choksi is now in Antigua.