Rana discloses testimony with FBI, Pakistan links

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which has been granted 18-day custody of Tahawwur Rana, the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack conspirator extradited to India from the US, is to be confronted with disclosures about his role by Lashkar-e-Taiba scout David Coleman Headley.

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Rana is being questioned by investigators of the NIA and officials of the Intelligence Bureau at the NIA headquarters.

Sources in the NIA on Friday stated that Rana, who was brought to Delhi Thursday evening and produced before a court for grant of custody, will also be confronted with his own testimony given to the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) and the Northern District Court in Illinois. "He will be put through a fresh interrogation on those facts. The NIA had been granted access to Headley, but not Rana. So, the agency is questioning him for the first time. The attempt is to see if he can reveal more India-specific information or details that he may not have revealed to the FBI," a senior security establishment officer said.