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PRESS INFORMATION BUREAUGOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED OVER RANAS ACQUITTAL
NIA TO DECIDE ON FILING CHARGE-SHEET AGAINST HEADLEY,RANA AND
OTHERS IN INDIAN COURT
New Delhi, Jyaistha 30, 1933
June 10, 2011
Government has expressed disappointment over the acquittal
ofTahawwur Hussain Rana by a US Court on the count of conspiracy
toprovide material support to the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Following is thetext of the statement issued by the Ministry of
Home Affairs here today onthe verdict.
Government has taken note of the verdict announced by a
USDistrict Court in the Tahawwur Hussain Rana case following the
finding bythe jury that Rana was guilty on two of three counts.
Rana has beenfound guilty on one count of conspiracy to provide
material supportto the terrorism plot in Denmark and on one count
of providing
material support to the Lashkar e Tayyiba (LeT).
The jury acquitted Rana of conspiracy to provide material
support tothe Mumbai terror attacks.
It may be recalled that evidence was produced in the US court
thatDavid Headley had advised Rana of his assignment to scout
potentialtargets in India; that Headley obtained Ranas consent to
open an office ofFirst World Immigration Services as a cover for
his activities; that Ranaadvised Headley on how to obtain a visa
for travel to India; and thatHeadley and Rana had reviewed how
Headley had done surveillance of
the targets that were attacked in Mumbai. Evidence was also
producedthat Rana told Headley that the terrorists involved in
Mumbai attacksshould receive Pakistans highest military honours
posthumously.
We are, therefore, disappointed that Rana was acquitted on
thecount of conspiracy to provide material support to the Mumbai
terroristattacks. However, it must be remembered that Rana was
tried in a UScourt in accordance with US law. Criminal trials in
the US are jury trialsand there are special rules governing such
jury trials.
While Ranas lawyers have stated that they will file an
appealagainst the verdict, it is not yet clear whether the US
authorities wouldalso file an appeal against the acquittal on one
count of conspiracy.
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NIA which is investigating the case against Headley, Rana
andothers had decided to wait for the proceedings to conclude in
the US courtbefore filing a charge sheet in India against the
accused. NIA has alsosought certain documents and evidence that
were produced in the UScourt and expects to receive them. After
examining the verdict in the US
court and after reviewing the documents and evidence that it
expects toreceive, NIA will take a decision on filing a charge
sheet against Headley,Rana and others in an Indian court.
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