26/11 Mastermind Tahawwur Rana Kept On 'Suicide Watch' In 14x14 Cell At NIA HQ

The World Voice    15-Apr-2025
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Tahawwur Rana Kept On

 
Tahawwur Rana - the mastermind of the dastardly 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks - is being kept under "suicide watch" inside a 14x14 ft cell on the ground floor of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters in Delhi, days after he was extradited from the US, a report claims. The report quoting sources states that Rana, 64, is under round-the-clock human and CCTV surveillance inside the Lodhi Road facility, which has been placed under a tight security ring.

"Rana has been kept in a 14x14 cell on the ground floor. He will be allowed only a soft-tip pen to write so that he can't harm himself," the TOI report states, quoting a source.

The Pakistani-Canadian national was handed over to Indian authorities on Thursday and produced in a special court, which remanded him to 18-day NIA custody. Officials began interrogating him on Friday on his alleged ISI links and his association with David Coleman Headley, alias Daood Gilani, who is suspected to have helped activate sleeper cells in locations such as Delhi, Goa, and Pushkar.

Tahawwur Rana's extradition sparked a political row, with the Congress hitting out at the Narendra Modi government for claiming credit. Former union minister P Chidambaram said, "While Modi government is rushing to take credit for this development, the truth is far from their spin."

"This extradition is not the result of any grandstanding, it is a testament to what the Indian state can achieve when diplomacy, law enforcement, and international cooperation are pursued sincerely and without any kind of chest-thumping," Chidambaram added.

He credited the progress to groundwork laid during the UPA era: "It is the culmination of a decade-and-a-half of painstaking diplomatic, legal and intelligence efforts initiated by UPA government in close coordination with the US."