- NEW DELHI — The Central government has appointed Advocate Narender Mann as the
Special Public Prosecutor for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case hearing.
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- The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette
notification on Wednesday in this regard.
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- The notification, which is signed by Joint Secretary
Adhijit Sinha, says that Mann has been appointed for a period of three years or
till the completion of the trial of the said case, whichever is earlier,
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- “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1)
of section 15 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (34 of 2008), read
with sub-section (8) of section 18 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,
2023 (BNSS), the Central Government hereby appoints Narender Mann, Advocate, as
Special Public Prosecutor for conducting trial and other matters related to NIA
case RC-04/2009/NIA/DLI on behalf of the NIA before the NIA Special Courts at
Delhi and Appellate Courts, for a period of three years from the date of
publication of this notification or till the completion of trial of the said
case, whichever is earlier,” the notification states.
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- The development comes as the Mumbai terror attack case
accused, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is also said to be one of the masterminds,
lands in India.
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- Rana, 64, was extradited from the US nearly 16 years
after his arrest for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
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- As per sources, he will land in Delhi and is likely to be
lodged in a high-security ward in Tihar jail.
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- All necessary preparations for holding the terrorist have
already been made in the jail, sources said.
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- Sources said that on Wednesday evening, the Nayayik
Abhiraksha Vahini of Delhi Police, which ferries jail inmates, was asked by the
National Investigation Agency (NIA) to send a jail van, along with pilot
escorts, to the airport on Thursday.
