Bail application of Rana postponed by a week

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Nov 10 (PTI) Hearing of bail application
of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Pak-born Canadian citizen arrested
on terrorist charges, has been postponed by a week.
"At the request of counsel, the Rana hearing before
Magistrate Judge Nolan has been re-scheduled from today to
November 19," a Department of Justice official said after an
order in this regard was passed by a Chicago court Monday.
Along with David Coleman Headley, his school time
friend, Rana was arrested by the FBI last month on charges of
planning terrorist attack in Denmark and in India, including
the prestigious National Defense College in Indian national
capital New Delhi.
Both Headley and Rana are residents of Chicago.
The FBI has also recovered inflammatory videos of Al
Qaeda which included speeches by Osama bin Laden – the most
wanted terrorist of the world.
Rana, in his bail application, had offered a security
of nearly a million dollars and said that attack on the
facilities of Danish newspaper does not constitute an act of
terrorism; which has been contested by the FBI in the court.
The FBI had charged Rana not only of knowing the
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) plot to launch terrorist attack against
government facilities in India; but also being part of it.
The FBI has submitted transcripts of the email and
tapped telephonic conversation of Rana and Headley before the
Chicago court. The bail plea of Headley is scheduled to come
for hearing before a Chicago court in December. PTI