NIA has unearthed fresh revelations about the role of Tahawwur Rana in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, according to a supplementary chargesheet filed by NIA on Wednesday. The Canadian national of Pakistani origin was extradited from the United States in April and is in NIA custody in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
The chargesheet revealed that Rana supported Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, a Pakistani American, in carrying out reconnaissance operations, adding that he set up a corporate office in Mumbai to facilitate the terrorist activities.
The Immigration Law Centre in Mumbai run by Rana did not have any actual commercial activity but posed as a legitimate office. It was operational for more than two years and its sole purpose was to facilitate Headley's activities. With this support, Headley carried out surveillance at several high-profile targets in Mumbai.
The charges previously slapped on Rana include conspiracy, terrorism and murder. The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks claimed the lives of 166 people.
Rana, who was a doctor in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps, was commissioned as a Captain after completing his MBBS from the Army Medical College in Rawalpindi.
He previously claimed that he was a trusted agent of the Pakistani Army, which sent him to Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. However, Pakistan earlier said it has nothing to with Rana, pointing out that he is a Canadian citizen and has not renewed his Pakistani documents over the past 20 years.