Canada moves to revoke Tahawwur Rana’s citizenship ahead of Carney’s visit to India: Report

TORONTO: (Feb 24) Ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to India, the Canadian government is pushing to revoke the citizenship of a Pakistan-born, Tahawwur Rana Hussain, accused of playing a key role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

Rana, 64, is a Pakistan-born Canadian national and close associate of one of the main conspirators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, David Coleman Headley, alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen.

Documents obtained by Global News show that immigration officials have notified Rana that they intend to strip him of the Canadian citizenship he acquired in 2001.