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Mumbai terror attacks key mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana is being interrogated for eight to ten hours daily by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths to unravel a larger conspiracy behind the dreaded strikes, official sources.
The NIA officials are ensuring Rana’s medical check-up and he is being allowed to meet his lawyer, according to the order of a Delhi court that had on early Friday morning granted 18-day custody to the probe agency following his extradition from the United States, they said.
NIA Takes Custody of 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack Mastermind Tahawwur Rana Following Special Courts Orders pic.twitter.com/5A3rwETNx8
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According to PTI, The sources said Rana is being grilled by the NIA investigators for around eight to ten hours daily to probe a larger conspiracy behind the 2008 dastardly strikes orchestrated by Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba and in which 166 people were killed and over 238 injured.
“Rana has been cooperating during the questioning,” a source said, adding that a team of NIA officials led by Chief Investigating Officer Jaya Roy is interrogating him.
The sources said Rana has so far asked for only three things — a pen, paper sheets or notepad and Quran — which have been provided to him.
