India, April 10 -- Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is being brought to India on a special flight on Thursday after his last-ditch attempt to evade extradition failed as the US Supreme Court justices rejected his application. Follow LIVE updates.

Tahawwur Rana, 64, is a close associate of one of the main conspirators of the attacks, David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen.

Headley's movements in India at the time were made easier through the support of Tahawwur Rana. Rana and Headley were childhood friends from Pakistan, both educated from the same military school.

David Coleman Headley, born Daood Sayed Gilani, is a Pakistani-American terrorist. His role in conducting surveillance of targ...