<p>The US Supreme Court has turned down a review petition by terror accused Tahawwur Rana, dismissing his last legal challenge against his extradition to India in connection with the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/2008-mumbai-terror-attacks">2008 Mumbai attacks</a> that killed 166 people.</p><p>“Petition DENIED,” the Supreme Court said. The apex court's order came on January 21, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the US President.</p><p>Earlier, Rana lost legal battles in several federal courts, including the US Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco.</p><p>Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, on November 13 filed a “petition for a writ of certiorari” before the US Supreme Court to review the lower court's ruling. </p><p>Rana, who is currently detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, is known to be associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.</p>.<p>Tahawwur Hussain Rana was born on 12 January, 1961.</p><p>He was born and raised in Chichawatni in the the Punjab Province of Pakistan </p><p>A physician by profession, Rana served as a Captain, General Duty practitioner in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps.</p><p>Rana and his wife, who is also a physician, immigrated to Canada in 1997, and obtained Canadian citizenship in June 2001.</p><p>He lived primarily in Chicago and owns several businesses there, including an immigration service agency, First World Immigration Services, with offices in Chicago, New York and Toronto.</p><p>Rana and Headley had attended training camps that Lashkar operated in Pakistan</p><p>On 18 October, 2009, Rana and Headley were arrested for allegedly plotting to attack the offices of <em>Jyllands-Posten</em> newspaper, which had published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.</p><p>Rana had traveled to Mumbai and had stayed in the Taj Mahal Hotel , one of the places which was attacked by terrorists during 26/11.</p> <p><em>With PTI inputs</em></p>
<p>The US Supreme Court has turned down a review petition by terror accused Tahawwur Rana, dismissing his last legal challenge against his extradition to India in connection with the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/2008-mumbai-terror-attacks">2008 Mumbai attacks</a> that killed 166 people.</p><p>“Petition DENIED,” the Supreme Court said. The apex court's order came on January 21, a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the US President.</p><p>Earlier, Rana lost legal battles in several federal courts, including the US Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco.</p><p>Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, on November 13 filed a “petition for a writ of certiorari” before the US Supreme Court to review the lower court's ruling. </p><p>Rana, who is currently detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, is known to be associated with Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.</p>.<p>Tahawwur Hussain Rana was born on 12 January, 1961.</p><p>He was born and raised in Chichawatni in the the Punjab Province of Pakistan </p><p>A physician by profession, Rana served as a Captain, General Duty practitioner in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps.</p><p>Rana and his wife, who is also a physician, immigrated to Canada in 1997, and obtained Canadian citizenship in June 2001.</p><p>He lived primarily in Chicago and owns several businesses there, including an immigration service agency, First World Immigration Services, with offices in Chicago, New York and Toronto.</p><p>Rana and Headley had attended training camps that Lashkar operated in Pakistan</p><p>On 18 October, 2009, Rana and Headley were arrested for allegedly plotting to attack the offices of <em>Jyllands-Posten</em> newspaper, which had published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.</p><p>Rana had traveled to Mumbai and had stayed in the Taj Mahal Hotel , one of the places which was attacked by terrorists during 26/11.</p> <p><em>With PTI inputs</em></p>
