In his application, Rana said that he would not survive long enough to be tried in India due to various reasons, as he stressed "If a stay is not entered, there will be no review at all, the US courts will lose jurisdiction, and the petitioner will soon be dead."
Notably, his extradition to India was announced by US President Donald Trump during the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US.
In an application to halt his extradition, Rana said, "Since he belongs to the Muslim religion, his Pakistani origin, and his status as a former member of the Pakistani Army, he is even more likely to be tortured than otherwise would be the case, and that torture is very likely to kill him in short order."
Rana, who is a known associate of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley, one of the main conspirators of the November 26 attacks in Mumbai, claimed that if extradited to India, the likelihood is very high that he will be subjected to torture as he is a Muslim of Pakistani origin.
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