Chicago:Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana was on Friday acquitted by a US court on charges of plotting the Mumbai attacks but was found guilty of supporting Pakistan- based terror group LeT and planning a strike in Denmark.
A 12-member jury here ruled that 50-year-old Rana was not guilty of conspiracy to provide material support to the Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed, and which carried a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Announcing the verdict at the end of two days of deliberations, US District Judge Harry D Leinenweber said Rana was guilty of providing material support to LeT and plotting to bomb a Danish newspaper which had published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
Rana faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison on the two counts combined and remains in federal custody without bond, a US Justice Department statement said. Rana’s attorney Blegan said he would file post-trial motions that there was not enough evidence to convict him. and that there was an error in the trial. ‘Each of the count, for which Rana has been convicted, carries a maximum imprisonment of 15 years. (PTI)
