THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New York, March 7: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the petition to halt the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, to India.
Rana had filed an ‘Emergency Application For Stay’ in the Supreme Court seeking a stay on his extradition.
In his plea, he argued that he would face persecution if extradited to India. However, Justice Elena Kagan dismissed his petition to block the extradition.
Tahawwur Rana had stated that he would not be able to survive in India for long. Citing his Pakistani origin and Muslim identity, he claimed that this would lead to severe persecution in India.
The 63-year-old Rana is currently imprisoned in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.