India, April 11 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that the extradition of 26/11 Mumbai attacks key conspirator Tahawwur Rana was "big step" in ensuring justice for the victims of the terror act.

Jaishankar was responding to US State Secretary Marco Rubio's remark on Rana's successful handover from American authorities to India's National Investigation Agency (NIA).

"Appreciate the counter-terrorism cooperation between our two countries. This is indeed a big step in ensuring justice for the victims of 26/11 attacks," the MEA said in a post on X.

Rubio had taken to X to say that the day that India and the United States have long waited for, to bring justice for the victims of the 26/11 attacks, has finally come wit...