India, March 7 -- India is working closely with US authorities to complete formalities for extraditing Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, the external affairs ministry said on Friday after the US Supreme Court rejected his plea for an emergency stay of his extradition.

The US Supreme Court denied an earlier petition by Rana against his extradition on January 21, paving the way for him to be sent to India, where he is wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his role in planning the terror attacks on Mumbai by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that killed 166 people.

"You would have seen President Trump's comments regarding the extradition of Rana. The joint statement, which was adopted during...