Chicago, March 30: Pakistani-Canadian terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana, charged with conspiring in the Mumbai attacks, will not change his ‘not guilty’ plea and will go ahead with the trial, his lawyer said.
Rana, dressed in an orange-coloured jump suit, appeared before a US court here for a pre-trial conference to discuss classified information relating to his case.
US attorney in Chicago Patrick Fitzgerald was also present during the hearing before Judge Harry Leinenweber in the District court, Northern District of Illinois.
Later speaking to reporters, Rana’s lawyer Patrik Blegen said his client will not change his ‘not guilty’ plea and they will go ahead with the trial.
He said he was not surprised that co-accused and Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley had pleaded guilty and he thinks Rana still has a “strong case”.
–PTI