India, March 7 -- The Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday, March 6, rejected the "emergency application" of Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, who was seeking to get his extradition to India stopped arguing he would be subjected to "torture".

According to the US Supreme Court website, Tahawwur Rana's application (24A852) was denied by Justice Kagan.

Tahawwur Rana, 64, a Canadian citizen of Pakistani descent, is currently lodged at a metropolitan detention center in Los Angeles. He is linked to David Coleman Headley, the Pakistani-American terrorist and one of the main conspirators behind the Mumbai attacks.

Tahawwur Rana submitted an "Emergency Application for Stay" to the Associate Justice of th...