British spy agency MI5’s alert in July 2009 led to US’s arrest of Headley, Rana

The attack was allegedly being planned in retaliation against the publication of certain cartoons in 2005, which he and his handlers deemed as anti-Islamic

A timely tip-off from British counter-intelligence agency MI5 to their counterparts in the US led to the eventual arrest of David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana in 2009 – the childhood friends turned terrorists have been accused of planning the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Indian counter-terror officials familiar with the case told HT.

British spy agency MI5’s alert in July 2009 led to US’s arrest of Headley, Rana

Rana, 64, was extradited to India from the US last week.

In July 2009, MI5 officials shared intelligence with the US regarding Pakistan-origin US citizen Headley’s suspicious