Modi’s Tweet on Tahawwur Rana in 2011 Resurfaces After Extradition to India

Modi’s 2011 Tweet on Tahawwur Rana Gains Attention After Extradition to India

Written by: Supriya Kadu

Edited by: Pinky Deshmukh

Last Updated: April 11, 2025

Summary: As Tahawwur Rana is extradited to India, PM Modi's 2011 tweet on his release from jail receives fresh attention after 14 years.

After Tahawwur Rana, a 26/11 Mumbai terror attack suspect, was recently extradited, a 2011 tweet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi reappeared and went viral. The tweet, posted when Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, criticized the U.S. court's decision to acquit Rana of direct involvement in the attacks. Modi had called it a “major foreign policy setback” and claimed it was a blow to India’s sovereignty.

Rana, a Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman, landed in New Delhi on April 10, 2025, after exhausting all legal avenues to challenge his extradition in the U.S. Supreme Court. He is now in the custody of India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) under an 18-day remand. He will be questioned by the CIA about his suspected involvement in helping Lashkar-e-Taiba prepare the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which resulted in the deaths of 166 people.

The tweet's resurgence has sparked widespread praise online for Modi’s consistent stance on national security and terrorism. Social media users shared the old post as a sign of the Prime Minister’s long-standing efforts to bring those responsible for the 26/11 attacks to justice.

Rana’s extradition is seen as a major diplomatic success for India, reigniting global attention on the unresolved aspects of one of the deadliest terror attacks in Indian history.