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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday welcomed the US decision to extradite 26/11 Mumbai accused Tahawwur Rana to India and said that he should get most stringent punishment.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that the accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks of 2008, Tahawwur Rana, will be extradited back to India. The approval came amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Washington visit. Speaking to ANI Chaturvedi said, "I welcome this. He should get the most stringent punishment, which sets an example and prevents people from acting against our nation." Addressing a joint press conference along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Trump on Thursday said that the US is "giving a very violent man" back to India immediately. "I am pleased to announce that my administration has approved the extradition of one of the plotters (Tahawwur Rana) and one of the very evil people of the world, having to do with the horrific 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack to face justice in India. He is going back to India to face justice," Trump said. The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement also said that the US has announced the approval of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana's extradition to India. The MEA in a joint statement said, "The leaders reaffirmed that the global scourge of terrorism must be fought and terrorist safe havens eliminated from every corner of the world. They committed to strengthen cooperation against terrorist threats from groups, including Al-Qa'ida, ISIS, Jaish-e Mohammad, and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba in order to prevent heinous acts like the attacks in Mumbai on 26/11 and the Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021." Pakistani-origin businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana was convicted for his role in the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai which resulted in the death of 174 people, including 20 security personnel and 26 foreigners, and over 300 others were injured in the horrific attacks that took place at Mumbai's Taj Hotel on November 26, 2008. (ANI)
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