What kind of David Headley helped Tawwur Rana for the 26/11 attack?

Updated: 07-07-2025, 09.00 PM

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Tehwwur Rana, the leading conspirator of the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai in 2008, has made several important revelations in the interrogation. In the Mumbai Police interrogation at Tihar Jail, Rana admitted that he was a reliable agent of the Pakistani Army and helped his childhood friend David Coleman Headley aka Dawood Gilani to mark the place of attacks in Mumbai. Let us know how Rana helped Headley.

What did Rana reveal?

During interrogation, Rana said that he had done MBBS from Army Medical College, Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 1986. He was also appointed in the Pakistani Army as Captain in Quetta and was entrusted with the responsibility of sensitive areas such as Sindh, Balochistan, Bahawalpur and Siachen-Balotra. However, he had complained of inflammation in the lungs during his deployment in Siachen. Due to this, he had to leave his work in the middle.

Rana was a reliable agent of Pakistani army

Rana said that he was declared a fugitive after leaving Siachen due to illness. He was a reliable agent of the Pakistani Army and was also sent to Saudi Arabia on a secret mission during the Gulf War. He told that Lashkar-e-Taiba was initially formed as a detective network and he is still working in the same way. This collects the necessary information for the attacks.

Why did Rana help Headley?

Rana said that he and Headley took several training sessions at the training centers of Pakistan in 2003 and 2004. Both were childhood friends. After being declared a fugitive from the Pakistani army, he helped Headley for the Mumbai attacks as his change was assured to erase his military records. Headley traveled to many cities of India including Mumbai, Delhi and Pune before the attacks.

How did Rana help Headley?

Rana said that Headley had the mind behind the establishment of the company that Headley had described himself as a representative of the firm called the Imperous Law Center. The company was a mask of the terrorist group. Rana said that he had assisted Headley to a great extent in identifying the major goals of 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. Prior to the attacks, he came to India in November 2008 and rented a room in a hotel in Powai.

Headley had raked many areas

Rana said that Headley had raked many areas of Mumbai including Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus before the attacks. He then went to Beijing via Dubai. He helped Headley to come to India by creating a fake identity card. Rana blamed the Indian Embassy for fake documents used by terrorists to enter India and said the attacks were carried out with the help of ISI.

Rana knows many accused

Rana claimed that he knows many accused including accused Sajid Mir, Abdul Rahman Pasha and Major Iqbal in the attacks. After the attacks, Headley said that Indians deserve similar attacks. Explain that Rana has been accused under criminal conspiracy, waging war against the Government of India, murder and forgery and illegal activities (prevention) Act against the Mumbai attacks. He can also get life imprisonment and death penalty.

Extradition

Rana was extradited from America on 10 April

Rana was extradited from the US on 10 April from the US, after which NIA formally took him into judicial custody. Right now Rana is being questioned in connection with many allegations including conspiracy, murder, terrorist acts and forgery. The Mumbai 26/11 attacks were targeted by 10 Pakistani militants and targeted the Taj, Oberoi Hotel, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Jewish Center Nariman House, killing 166 people in 60 hours.