Now, justice

• Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a co-conspirator in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks, has been extradited by the U.S., marking a significant step in India’s counter-terror diplomacy with the U.S.

• Rana was arrested by the U.S. in 2009 as an accomplice of David Headley, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative tasked by Pakistan to carry out reconnaissance for Mumbai targets.

• Rana, a Canadian-American citizen and former Pakistan military doctor, helped plan the attacks and facilitate his multiple entries to India.

• Rana was convicted for his LeT terror links and involvement in the Copenhagen conspiracy, and spent part of a 14-year sentence in U.S. prisons.

• His extradition will allow Indian prosecutors to put on trial one of the men charge-sheeted in absentia for the 26/11 attacks, extract more information on his Pakistan links, and further the cause of justice after the attacks.

• The National Investigation Agency prosecutors will need to conduct a similar time-bound trial and investigate unanswered questions, including whether Rana continued to have provable links with the Pakistani military.

• The trial is hoped to turn the spotlight back on Pakistan and generate enough pressure on it to cooperate in the prosecution of seven LeT terror commanders.