Delhi court allows 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana three phone calls with brother
Delhi court
on Wednesday allowed
26/11 Mumbai attack
accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana to have three phone calls this month with his brother to discuss engaging a private counsel, court sources said.
Special judge Chander Jit Singh also extended the
judicial custody
of Rana till September 8 after the accused appeared virtually, they added.
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According to the sources, the judge during the in-chamber proceeding said the phone calls by Rana will be recorded and the conversations will have to be in English or Hindi in the presence of prison authorities.
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Legal aid counsel Piyush Sachdeva was stated to have sought time from the court to scrutinise certain documents in the chargesheet and supplementary chargesheet.
Rana is allegedly a close associate of 26/11 main conspirator
David Coleman Headley
, alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen.
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He was brought to
India
after the
US Supreme Court
on April 4 dismissed his review plea against his extradition to India.
On November 26, 2008, a group of 10
Pakistani terrorists
went on a rampage, carrying out attacks on a railway station, two luxury hotels, and a Jewish centre, sneaking into India's financial capital through the sea route.
A total of 166 people were killed in the assault that lasted for nearly 60 hours.
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