US President Donald Trump announced that Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks will be extradited to India.
However, when replying to a question by an Indian reporter, the US President said he was unable to comprehend the question “I can’t understand a word he’s saying. It’s the accent, it’s a little bit tough for me,” he said.
OH MY GOSH!! It just happened again. President Trump couldn’t understand the Indian reporter’s accent
🇮🇳Reporter: *Speaks*
Trump: “You’re gonna have to go louder… I can’t understand a word he’s saying.”
He’s so real 😂 pic.twitter.com/ak4PpNAG88
— George (@BehizyTweets) February 13, 2025
PM Modi said that the 26/11 conspirator will be tried in Indian courts for conspiring the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks.
“I am pleased to announce that my administration has approved the extradition of one of the plotters (Tahawwur Rana) and one of the very evil people of the world, having to do with the horrific 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack to face justice in India. He is going back to India to face justice,” said Trump.
Earlier, the US Supreme Court had rejected a review petition filed by Tahawwur Rana, who is wanted in India for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Who is Tahawwur Rana, the 26/11 attack accused?
Born on January 12, 1961, Tahawwur Hussain Rana was born and raised in Chichawatni in the the Punjab Province of Pakistan A physician by profession, Rana served as a Captain, General Duty practitioner in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps.
According to reports, Rana and his wife, who is also a physician, immigrated to Canada in 1997, and obtained Canadian citizenship in June 2001. He lived primarily in Chicago and owned several businesses there, including an immigration service agency, First World Immigration Services, with offices in Chicago, New York and Toronto.
Rana and Headley had attended training camps that Lashkar operated in Pakistan. On 18 October, 2009, Rana and Headley were arrested for allegedly plotting to attack the offices of Jyllands-Posten newspaper, which had published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Rana had travelled to Mumbai and had stayed in the Taj Mahal Hotel , one of the places which was attacked by terrorists during 26/11.
As many as 166 people, including 20 security force personnel and 26 foreigners, were killed and over 300 were injured in the horrific terror attack that took place at Mumbai’s iconic Taj Mahal Hotel on November 26, 2008.
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