Tahawwur Rana's status hearing adjourned till 20th Sept
The status hearing of Pakistani- Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Rana, charged with conspiring in the Mumbai attacks was Wednesday adjourned for four weeks.
"The hearing, originally scheduled for 25th August, has now been shifted to 20th September," Rana's attorney Patrick W Blegen told.
In June, US District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber rescheduled trial hearing of Rana to 14th February, 2011 from 1st November, 2010.
49-year-old Rana was accused along with Pakistani- American David Headley in a 12-count superseding indictment for plotting the Mumbai terror attacks and providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba to carry out the assault that left 166 people dead.
Rana, a Chicago-based businessman, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 15th February.
He is also accused of plotting an attack on a Danish newspaper which published cartoons of Prophet Mohammad.
Rana has pleaded not guilty since his October 2009 arrest and claimed that he was duped by Headley. However, according to Headley's plea agreement, he shared with Rana details of his trips to Pakistan and his association with LeT.
In turn, Rana extensively helped him carry out the attacks in Mumbai. Rana also allowed Headley to use his immigration office -- First World Immigration Services -- as a cover while he scouted for terror targets in Mumbai, the plea agreement stated.
Headley had pleaded guilty in March to plotting the Mumbai terror attacks.
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