Terror charges against "honest" Rana is false,says his brother

Yoshita Singh
Chicago (US), Nov 24 (PTI) The Canada-based brother of
terror suspect Tahawwur Rana has come out in support of his
brother saying the charges against him are false and described
Rana as a 'man of integrity'.

Rana's brother, Abbas Rana has been working as
journalist with Ottawa-based newsweekly Hill Times since 2002
and his statement has appeared in the paper Monday in a column
by its publisher Jim Creskey titled 'Why The Hill Times
supports its reporter, Abbas Rana'.
Creskey wrote the charges have been "devastating" on the
Rana family and that Abbas Rana knew nothing more about the
accusations facing his brother beyond what he has read in
the media.
Abbas on his part was quoted as saying he knows his
brother is honest and the charges against him are not true.
"To the best of my knowledge, these charges are false,"
Abbas Rana said.
"I know my brother. I love my brother. He is a man of
integrity, he is honest, and he is a hard-working," he said.
Rana and another American citizen David Coleman Headley
were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
last month on charges of plotting terror attacks in India and
Denmark.
City-resident Rana, who was born and raised in Pakistan,
immigrated to Canada in 1997 and obtained Canadian citizenship
in June 2001, ran a grocery store and an immigration
consultancy firm at Devon here. (MORE) PTI YAS
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