Photos: Security upped at NIA headquarters as Tahawwur Rana kept in custody there

New Delhi: Security has been stepped up outside the NIA headquarters where Mumbai attacks mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana has been lodged after the agency secured his 18-day custody following his extradition from the US.

“We have stepped up security arrangements outside the headquarters to maintain law and order. Additional police and paramilitary force personnel have have been deployed,” a senior police officer said.

He said that no one will be allowed to breach law and order.

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New Delhi: Tight security arrangements near the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters, in New Delhi, Friday, Apr. 11, 2025. The NIA on Friday took Mumbai attacks mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana into 18-day custody, during which he will be questioned in detail to unravel the complete conspiracy behind the deadly 26/11 terror strike. (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Security personnel stand guard at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters, in New Delhi, Friday, Apr. 11, 2025. The NIA on Friday took Mumbai attacks mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana into 18-day custody, during which he will be questioned in detail to unravel the complete conspiracy behind the deadly 26/11 terror strike. (PTI Photo)

The extradition plane carrying Rana landed at the Thursday and he was produced before a special court by the agency. Special NIA judge Chander Jit Singh sent him to 18-day custody.

After securing his custody, the NIA took Rana to its headquarters early Friday in a heavily-secured motorcade comprising Delhi Police’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and other security personnel.

The 64-year-old Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman, a close associate of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks main conspirator David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen, was brought to India after the US Supreme Court on April 4 dismissed his review plea against his extradition.

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