Indian media exaggerates..they have to see the truth first: Rana's wife

Chicago: Tahawwur Rana’s wife Samraz said today that India was her second home and there was no reason her husband would have planned to attack her country. Refuting LeT operative David Headley’s claims that Rana was very close to him and had helped him plot the Mumbai terror attacks of 2008, Samraz said, Headley was just an “Urdu speaking American friend” to her family who had claimed to have reformed following drug addiction issues and arrests. “India is my second home and my mother is from India. All my relations are from India and they live in Meerut, Ghaziabad and Delhi,” Samraz said, asking why would then her husband plot an attack on that country. [caption id=“attachment_21654” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Samraz said that she did not know that Headley had a terrorist connection. AFP “]  [/caption] Samraz Rana was present in the court room where Rana’s lawyers presented their defence. In an interview to PTI, she said Headley had been involved in a lot of drug arrests, and had had issues with the FBI and also with his wives. “The only connection was that Rana and Headley were together in college for three years in Cadet College Abdal Hasan in Pakistan,” said Mrs Rana, adding that Headley had “different faces” as shown by him in the court. Samraz, a doctor herself, who used to practice in Pakistan, said her husband used to keep Headley at bay because of his bad habits and drug addiction. But after his drug involvement and arrests, Headley came back to Rana and told him, “I have changed”. Rana, who felt Headley had had a change of heart, then embraced him into his family, she said. Samraz said that she did not know that Headley had a terrorist connection. Headley has stated during his testimony that he considered the Chicago businessman “his best friend in the world”.    But Rana’s wife rubbished this. Rana and his family has been in Chicago for the past 15-16 years, and Samraz says the community has been supportive of her family after her husband’s arrest. However, they were afraid to do business with them for fear of falling into trouble. “Although people are still friendly, they are scared… People are afraid to do business with us after the arrest. They feel they will get into trouble if they do business with us,” said Rana’s wife. She also said that the Indian media had exaggerated facts and even given certain incorrect reports in connection with the case, unlike the American media which has been more reasonable in covering it. “Indian media exaggerates a lot. They have to see the truth first,” she said. PTI