India, April 10 -- Tahawwur Hussain Rana, one of the key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, is being extradited to India on Thursday via a special flight, after the US Supreme Court rejected his final appeal to block the move.

Earlier, a US court had cleared the way for his extradition, ruling that the Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman can be sent to India, where he faces charges related to the 2008 Mumbai attacks carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.

According to prison officials quoted by news agency PTI, Tahawwur Rana is expected to be kept in a high-security ward at Delhi's Tihar Jail upon his arrival in India. They added that all necessary arrangements have already been made for his custody.

Tahawwur Rana, 64, is ...