PM Modi’s 2011 Post On Tahawwur Rana Goes Viral

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 14-year-old post on X (formerly Twitter) about Tahawwur Rana has gone viral after the US extradited Rana and he arrived in Delhi on Thursday evening. In the 2011 post, PM Modi had slammed the then Congress-led government’s foreign policy, saying the US had “insulted India’s sovereignty” by declaring Rana “innocent.”

In 2011, a US court had cleared Rana of a direct role in helping plot the attacks that killed 166 people, but convicted him for supporting a terrorist group blamed for the attacks.

“US declaring Tahawwur Rana innocent in Mumbai attack has disgraced the sovereignty of India & it is a “major foreign policy setback”,” PM Modi’s post read.

Social media users shared the post and praised PM Modi for successfully extraditing Rana to India to face the law.

“A leader who walks the talk. Captain my captain,” one user wrote.

Another said, “You did it sir!! Kudos and thank you!”

Many users echoed the term “Modi hai toh mumkin hai” (If there’s PM Modi, everything is possible) on the post.

Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, wrote on X: “He did not forget”.

During PM Modi’s visit to the US in February this year, President Donald Trump had confirmed the extradition of Rana to India.

A special flight carrying Rana landed in Delhi last evening, soon after he exhausted all legal avenues to stop his extradition. The court sent him to the custody of the anti-terror National Investigation Agency (NIA) for 18 days.

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Rana, Ex-Pakistan Army Doctor, Accused in 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks

Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, had earlier worked as a doctor for the Pakistan Army. He is facing charges for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which over 160 people died. According to officials, he was aware of the terror attack and was in contact with the terrorist groups and their leaders in Pakistan.

David Coleman Headley, Rana’s childhood friend and a key accused in the case, revealed Rana’s involvement in the conspiracy behind the 26/11 attacks—saying he stayed in constant touch with Rana and even sought his permission to open a business office in Mumbai as a front for his activities. During interrogation, Headley had revealed that he had travelled to India five times between 2007 and 2008 and done recce for the Mumbai attacks – using a five-year visa that Rana had helped him obtain. He also revealed the role of terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Mumbai attacks and said he had opened an immigration company to hide his identity with Rana’s help.

Rana had also visited Mumbai with his wife and stayed at the Taj Mahal Hotel, which became a target of the attacks.

In 2013, Rana was sentenced to 14 years in jail but was released in 2020 on health grounds. He was re-arrested later that year after India’s extradition request.

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