India, April 9 -- A team of investigators, including a deputy inspector general rank (DIG) of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), has travelled to the US to take 26/11 Mumbai attacks co-conspirator Tahawwur Rana into custody and bring him to India, officials said.

The Pakistan-born Canadian physician earlier this week lost his plea against extradition in the US Supreme Court.

"A team including a DIG of NIA has travelled to the US and Rana could be brought to Delhi shortly," people familiar with the development said on condition of anonymity.

The US Supreme Court first rejected Rana's plea on January 21 against extradition to India and his surrender to NIA was approved by the Donald Trump administration during Prime Minister Narend...