India, July 7 -- Tahawwur Hussain Rana, currently in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody, has reportedly confessed to being an aide in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and playing an active role as a "trusted agent" of the Pakistani Army.

Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national and former Pakistan Army captain, was extradited to India on April 10 for his role in the deadly attacks. He is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail and has been interrogated by both the NIA and the Mumbai Crime Branch.

Tahawwur Rana revealed during questioning that both he and his childhood friend David Coleman Headley received multiple training sessions with the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), India Today reported, citing unnamed sourc...