A US court has set 29th of next month as the next date of hearing the case of Pakistani-Canadian LeT operative Tahawwur Hussein Rana. Rana accused of providing material support to terror plots, including the 26/11 Mumbai attack.Rana appeared before the court in Chicago yesterday. US attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was also present for the hearing for the first time since the court case began.The court set March 29 as the next date of hearing during which the prosecution and defence will begin the process of examining classified information in the case and how it can be used in the trial.The next hearing will be a partially closed door meeting.Earlier on January 15, 49-year old Rana was indicted by a federal grand jury here along with American citizen David Coleman Headley on charges of preparing the groundwork and providing material support for the LeT to carry out the Mumbai terror attack.In its 12-count superseding indictment against Headley and Rana, the jury had given extensive details of the planning of the Mumbai attack by the LeT and how its leaders guided the terrorists during the four-day siege beginning November 26, 2008 that killed 166 people, including six Americans.
News On AIR | February 25, 2010 9:09 PM
26/11: US court set to hear Rana’s case on 29th March