NEW DELHI: Government on Thursday said it is “working closely with Belgium authorities” to bring fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi back to India to face trial in the country.Addressing a weekly media briefing in the capital, Ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “Based on our extradition request, he was arrested. We are working…
Mehul Choksi The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has reached out to 10 countries in a bid to confiscate the foreign assets of diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, a key accused in the $2-billion Punjab National Bank fraud case who was arrested over the weekend in Belgium on India’s request. He is likely to remain in the…
26/11 Mumbai terror attack plotter Tahawwur Rana with NIA officials upon landing in New Delhi on Thursday. NEW DELHI: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the 64-year-old Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, arrived in India on Thursday following his extradition from the United States. He faces trial for his alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that…
NEW DELHI: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who played a key role in plotting the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai that claimed 166 lives, was arrested by NIA here on Thursday after his arrival from US on a special flight.The Pakistani-Canadian terrorist was produced before special NIA judge Chander Jit Singh, who held an in-camera hearing on…
NEW DELHI: With 26/11 mastermind Tahawwur Rana slated to land in India on Wednesday, two jails, one in Delhi and another in Mumbai, were asked to covertly make special arrangements in line with US judiciary recommendations about extradited subjects. He is initially likely to be in custody of NIA for the first few weeks. The…
NEW DELHI: The US Supreme Court has denied Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana‘s application seeking a stay on his extradition to India. Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. He had submitted an ‘Emergency application for stay pending litigation of petition for…
NEW DELHI: The United States Supreme Court on Monday rejected the extradition stay request of Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed more than 170 people.An order on the Supreme Court website noted that Rana’s renewed application has been “distributed for Conference of 4/4/2025” and “application” has been “referred…
NEW DELHI: Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi is living in Belgium’s Antwerp with his wife, Preeti Choksi, after obtaining a ‘residency card’ in the country, according to a media report.Indian authorities have requested Belgian authorities to initiate his extradition to India, Associated Times, a media outlet that focuses on the Caribbean region, said. There was no…
NEW DELHI: A Bangladesh court on Monday issued second arrest warrant for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is in exile in India, for her alleged role in enforced disappearances during her tenure. The 77-year-old leader, ousted in August following a student-led revolution, is already facing charges of crimes against humanity.Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of…
Muhammad Yunus and Sheikh Hasina (File ph Sanjeeb Wazed, son of ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, has accused the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of “weaponising the judiciary” to carry out a “political witch hunt” against the Awami League leadership.His allegations made in a detailed post on X, came shortly after the Bangladeshi interim government sent…
