Headley to be arraigned in Chicago court today

Yoshita Singh
Chicago, Jan 27 (PTI) Charged with conspiring in the
26/11 Mumbai attacks, Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba
operative David Coleman Headley will be produced in a court
here Wednesday where he will respond to the charges against
him.
Headley is set to appear for his arraignment before US
Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys in US District Court, Northern
District of Illinois.
Co-accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana appeared in the same
court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to providing material
support to terror plots in Mumbai and Denmark.
While Headley's presence had been waived by the
defence, which means the terror suspect need not be present at
court hearings, officials said he has to be present in court
for his arraignment.
This would be Headley's second appearance in court
after he was produced in court in December last year. He had
then pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against him.
Headley and Rana were on January 14 indicted by a
federal grand jury on charges of being involved in the Mumbai
terror attacks and planning a terror strike against a Danish
newspaper in Copenhagen.
The 12-count superseding indictment contains the
identical charges that were filed against Headley on December
7 while adding Rana as a defendant in three of the counts
charging material support of the terrorism plots in Denmark
and India, as well as in support of terrorist group.
Headley and Rana are held up in the Metropolitan
Correctional Centre in downtown here. PTI