The way has been cleared to bring Mumbai attack convict Tahawwur Rana to India. The US court has approved his extradition. Meanwhile, his lawyer has made a last-ditch effort to save him from the US Supreme Court.  

Rana's lawyer has filed a petition in the US Supreme Court appealing to review the lower court's decision. In the petition, Rana's lawyer has cited the principle of double jeopardy . According to this principle, a criminal cannot be tried twice for the same crime.

Rana is accused of 26/11 attack 

Rana argued that he was tried and acquitted in a federal court in Illinois (Chicago) on charges related to the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack. Now India is also seeking his extradition on the basis of the same charges. However, the US Solicitor General had said that the government does not believe that the conduct for which India seeks extradition is the same case.

Locked up in a Los Angeles jail 

The US government is also ready for Rana's extradition and on December 16, US Solicitor General Elizabeth B Prelogar had appealed to the Supreme Court to reject Rana's petition. Let us tell you that Rana is currently lodged in a Los Angeles jail.

 According to information, 63-year-old Rana had helped Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Coleman Headley. Headley is the mastermind of the Mumbai attack. India has been demanding his extradition for a long time. Now the way has been cleared to bring Rana under the India-US extradition treaty.