Tahawwur Hussain Rana is a Pakistani Canadian doctor, entrepreneur, and former Pakistan Army officer. |
Rana is linked to David Coleman Headley, a Lashkar e Taiba (LeT) operative who surveyed Mumbai before the 2008 attacks. |
He is imprisoned in the US for involvement in a 2005 foiled murder plot against a Danish news outlet staff. |
In 2023, a US court approved Rana's extradition to India for trial related to the Mumbai attacks. |
Tahawwur trained at Army Medical College in Rawalpindi before serving in the Pakistan Army. |
He was discharged as a captain in the mid-1990s for not reporting for duty. |
After practicing medicine in Pakistan, he moved to Canada in 1997. |
Rana later started businesses in cities like Toronto after becoming a Canadian citizen. |
He became a member of the Iqbal Society in the US, engaging in discussions on Islam and Prophet Muhammad’s teachings. |
Rana was arrested in 2009 for aiding LeT in planning an attack on a Danish news outlet. |
He stayed at the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai shortly before the 26/11 attacks. |
From 2011 to 2013, he underwent trial in Illinois and received a 14-year sentence. |
His brother revealed that their father was kept unaware of Tahawwur's role due to health reasons. |
After the 2008 attacks, Indian authorities launched investigations led by NIA and R&AW. |
The agencies implicated individuals like Hafiz Saeed, David Coleman Headley, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana. |
Rana and Headley knew each other from childhood and were classmates. |
They had visited multiple Indian cities before heading back to Pakistan. |
Plans to target the National Defence College in Delhi were allegedly discussed by the duo. |
Rana was believed to be as a liaison between a retired ISI agent and Headley. |
In 2020, India requested his extradition under the Extradition Treaty, supported by the US. |
In 2023, a US court backed Rana's extradition to India. |
In 2023, Mumbai police filed charges against Rana under UAPA. |
Tahawwur Rana does not have public social media accounts. |