May 12, 2010 3:18 PM

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Rana’s trial expected to start on 1st November

The trial of Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Rana, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks, is expected to begin on 1st of November.It will go on for a tentative four weeks. During Rana's status hearing in US District Court on Tuesday, Judge Harry Leinenweber set November 1 as a "tentative" date for commencing the trial of the 49-year old terror suspect, after both prosecution and defence lawyers agreed to it. He fixed 17th of June as the next date for Rana's status hearing.<br/>Rana's co-accused, LeT operative David Coleman Headley, had pleaded guilty in March to plotting the Mumbai terror attacks, thus avoiding a death penalty and extradition to<br/>India, Pakistan and Denmark. Rana has pleaded 'not guilty' and his lawyer said Rana would not be changing his plea and go ahead for trial. The other two co-accused in the case, Illyas Kashmiri and retired Pakistani major Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed are not in US custody.<br/>

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