New Delhi, March 7 -- Tahawwur Rana, one of the people behind the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, has filed an emergency application in the US Supreme Court against his extradition to India saying that being a Muslim of Pakistani origin, and a former Pakistan army officer, the likelihood of his torture in India is high, adding that he was being sent into a "hornet's nest".
The Pakistani-Canadian doctor cited a recent UK high court decision rejecting arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari's extradition to India on grounds that he could face "torture" to buttress the application.
Indian officials termed the move futile, although they admitted that it has marginally delayed Rana's surrender to a National Investigation Agency (NIA) team, till at least t...