US provides India documents related to 26/11 accused Rana

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) The US has handed over to India
voluminous documents related to Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur
Hussain Rana, who is accused of offering support to 26/11
Mumbai terror attack, and his confessional statements that
will help NIA to file a charge sheet against him.
The documents, which include evidence collected by US
authorities, tapped conversation between Rana and another
26/11 conspirator David Headley, phone records, personal
diaries, intercepted email and others, were sent by the US
Department of Justice.
Sources said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was
examining the documents and finding grounds to file a charge
sheet against Rana, who was running an immigration consultancy
firm and let Headley use his business as a cover for two
terror plots, including the Mumbai attack.
When the charge sheet will be filed, the NIA is likely to
press for the court's permission for extradition of Rana as he
would be required here during the trial.
However, sources said, India has no plan to seek access
of Rana in the United States.
Last month, during the Indo-US Homeland Security Dialogue
here, American Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security Jane
Holl Lute had conveyed to Union Home Secretary R K Singh that
the US would cooperate in India's trial against Rana.
The documents received under the Mutual Legal Assistance
Treaty from the US also include Rana's activities in India
during his multiple visits.
It is immediately not clear how much information has been
shared by the US about Rana and Headley's links with
Pakistan's government machinery and militant groups working
against India.