{"id":125491,"date":"2025-04-09T13:25:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=125491"},"modified":"2025-04-09T13:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:25:53","slug":"rana-should-be-hanged-26-11-survivor-girl-who-identified-ajmal-kasab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=125491","title":{"rendered":"“Rana Should Be Hanged”: 26\/11 Survivor, Girl Who Identified Ajmal Kasab"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tahawwur Rana<\/a>, an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks<\/a>, “should be hanged because he is a terrorist”, Devika Rotawan<\/a>, one of the survivors of that tragic day, told NDTV Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“Once Rana is brought back the Indian government will get information on other co-conspirators of the attack and the people who helped the attackers in India. Rana should be hanged because he is a terrorist and was involved in the planning of the 26\/11 attacks,” Ms Rotawan said.<\/p>\n

Of Pakistani origin, Rana is being extradited from the US on a special plane expected late tonight or early tomorrow. He will then be presented in a Delhi court before being a transfer to Mumbai.<\/p>\n

Sources in the Mumbai Police have not, however, been informed of a date and time.<\/p>\n

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In February Ms Rotawan had expressed happiness at Rana’s (then) impending extradition.<\/p>\n

“I have heard… Rana will be extradited. Permission (by US authorities) has been granted… but when will he actually be brought to India? That is my question. I will only be happy once he is here and justice is served,” she told news agency IANS.<\/p>\n

26\/11 Terror Attack Hero<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Devika Rotawan was nine years old when she was shot in the leg during one phase of the terror attack on Mumbai – at the city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bus terminus.<\/p>\n

Suffering physical and mental trauma, she nevertheless stood up in an open courtroom – on crutches – and identified terrorist Ajmal Qasab as the man who shot her.<\/p>\n

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Describing the events on that night, she said: “There was a loud explosion… my father said we should leave and we started running in one direction… my brother ran in another direction.”<\/p>\n

“Just as we were leaving, I saw two persons firing at people. I received a bullet injury in my right leg,” she said, adding, “My leg broke, and blood spilled out.”<\/p>\n

26\/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Mumbai terror attacks killed over 160 people.<\/p>\n

Rana, who is known to have links to banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, is accused of helping another terrorist – Pakistani-American David Headley, who is now in jail in the US – plan those dastardly strikes.<\/p>\n

READ |\u00a0<\/strong>India Bringing Tahawwur Rana, What Was His Role In 26\/11 Attacks<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the charges against him, Rana, 64, assisted Headley in many ways, including setting up an ‘immigrant law centre’ in Mumbai as a front for their terrorist activities.<\/p>\n

He also visited India in November 2008.<\/p>\n

Rana has been charged under sections relating to criminal conspiracy, waging war against the Government of India, murder, forgery, and relevant sections under the stringent anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.<\/p>\n

With input from agencies<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

NDTV is now available on WhatsApp channels. Click on the link<\/a> to get all the latest updates from NDTV on your chat. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u200bTahawwur Rana, an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, “should be hanged because he is a terrorist”, Devika Rotawan, one of the survivors of that tragic day, told NDTV Wednesday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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