April 14th 2025.
According to investigators, Tahawwur Rana, who was involved in planning the Mumbai attacks, has been uncooperative when it comes to sharing details about the financial aspect of his operations and his ties with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. On Monday, during his 10-hour interrogation, Rana, who is 64 years old, was questioned about his immigration and travel agency located in Chicago.
The investigators also asked him about his increased phone conversations with his co-conspirator, David Coleman Headley, also known as Daood Gilani, a US citizen currently serving time in prison. These conversations seemed to have increased around the time of the November 26, 2008 attack. Sources reveal that Rana has been requesting a personal diary from the Special NIA court in order to keep track of the questions being asked and his responses. It seems like he wants to maintain consistency in his statements throughout the 18 days of questioning.
However, there have been instances where Rana, a former officer of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps, has claimed that he cannot recall certain details related to the 17-year-old attack. It is worth noting that just a few months before the attacks, Headley opened an office in Mumbai, which was used as a front to scout targets for the attack. He allegedly used satellite geotagging to identify these targets and then passed on the information to the 10 LeT militants' handlers.
The NIA investigators are determined to gather information from Rana about the extensive planning and groundwork done by LeT and ISI over a period of three years to carry out the Mumbai attacks that lasted from November 26 to November 29, 2008. The attacks claimed the lives of 166 people, including six US nationals. Rana is being questioned about individuals whose names were mentioned in intercepted conversations between the terrorists, their handlers, and some ISI officials. These individuals include Major Iqbal, also known as Major Samir Ali, and others referred to as Pasha, Nana, Wasi, and Tayya.
The investigators are also interested in learning about the roles played by LeT and Harkat-ul Jihadi Islami operatives like Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed, Sajjid Majid, Illyas Kashmiri, and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. It is evident that the NIA is leaving no stone unturned in their pursuit of gathering crucial information from Rana about this tragic event that shook the entire nation.
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