New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- In a move that may pave the way for the trial of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana in Delhi, the Patiala House Court has recalled its trial court records related to the Mumbai terror attacks. The trial court records had been sent to Mumbai earlier because of multiple cases related to the attacks being heard in both cities.

District judge Vimal Kumar Yadav directed the officials of a Mumbai court to supply the records in an order passed on January 28. The order came on a plea of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), seeking the retrieval of the records from Mumbai.

A court in the US previously ruled that Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Rana could be extradited to India where he is wanted in the 2008 Mumbai terror a...