NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency on Thursday informed the special court that Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana had planned similar attacks in different Indian cities, news agency PTI reported citing sources.
While presenting Rana before the special NIA court following his extradition from the US, the central probing agency told the court that Rana's prolonged remand is necessary to uncover the deeper layers of the conspiracy.
"His (Rana) prolonged custody has been deemed necessary to facilitate an extensive interrogation aimed at uncovering deeper layers of the conspiracy," NIA told the court.
"We suspect that the tactics used in the Mumbai attacks were intended for execution in other cities as well, prompting investigators to examine whether similar plots were developed elsewhere," it added.
During the arguments, the NIA said Rana's custody was required to piece together the full scope of the conspiracy, and submitted he was required to be taken to various locations for retracing the events that took place 17 years ago.
NIA might also transport Rana to various locations for retracing the events that took place 17 years ago and piece together the full scope of conspiracy, a source told PTI.
The NIA DIGs, one IG and five DCPs of Delhi Police were present in the court premises during his production.
Special judge Chander Jit Singh remanded Rana to 18-day custody and directed the probing agency to conduct medical examination of Rana every 24 hours, and allow him to meet his lawyer every alternate day.
In custody, Rana is allowed to use only a soft-tip pen and meet his lawyer in the presence of the NIA officials within an audible distance.
This comes as a multi-agency team, led by officials from India's National Investigation Agency (NIA), arrived in Delhi on Thursday evening with Rana, just days after the US Supreme Court rejected the Pakistani-Canadian national's appeal against his extradition.
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's United States visit in February, US President Donald Trump announced his administration would extradite Rana to India.
The 64-year-old had served in Pakistan's Army medical corps before emigrating to Canada in the late 1990s, where he started an immigration consultancy firm. He later moved to America and set up an office in Chicago.
As many as 166 people were killed and 238 injured in the deadly attacks carried out by a group of 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, who were Pakistanis, on a railway station, two luxury hotels, and a Jewish center after they sneaked into India's financial capital through the Arabian Sea. The attacks, which began on the evening of November 26, 2008, ended on the morning of November 29.
Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist to be captured alive, was tried and found guilty. He was hanged in November 2012.
While presenting Rana before the special NIA court following his extradition from the US, the central probing agency told the court that Rana's prolonged remand is necessary to uncover the deeper layers of the conspiracy.
"His (Rana) prolonged custody has been deemed necessary to facilitate an extensive interrogation aimed at uncovering deeper layers of the conspiracy," NIA told the court.
"We suspect that the tactics used in the Mumbai attacks were intended for execution in other cities as well, prompting investigators to examine whether similar plots were developed elsewhere," it added.
During the arguments, the NIA said Rana's custody was required to piece together the full scope of the conspiracy, and submitted he was required to be taken to various locations for retracing the events that took place 17 years ago.
NIA might also transport Rana to various locations for retracing the events that took place 17 years ago and piece together the full scope of conspiracy, a source told PTI.
The NIA DIGs, one IG and five DCPs of Delhi Police were present in the court premises during his production.
Special judge Chander Jit Singh remanded Rana to 18-day custody and directed the probing agency to conduct medical examination of Rana every 24 hours, and allow him to meet his lawyer every alternate day.
In custody, Rana is allowed to use only a soft-tip pen and meet his lawyer in the presence of the NIA officials within an audible distance.
This comes as a multi-agency team, led by officials from India's National Investigation Agency (NIA), arrived in Delhi on Thursday evening with Rana, just days after the US Supreme Court rejected the Pakistani-Canadian national's appeal against his extradition.
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's United States visit in February, US President Donald Trump announced his administration would extradite Rana to India.
The 64-year-old had served in Pakistan's Army medical corps before emigrating to Canada in the late 1990s, where he started an immigration consultancy firm. He later moved to America and set up an office in Chicago.
As many as 166 people were killed and 238 injured in the deadly attacks carried out by a group of 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, who were Pakistanis, on a railway station, two luxury hotels, and a Jewish center after they sneaked into India's financial capital through the Arabian Sea. The attacks, which began on the evening of November 26, 2008, ended on the morning of November 29.
Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist to be captured alive, was tried and found guilty. He was hanged in November 2012.
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