Washington DC/IBNS, March 7 -- The United States Supreme Court has rejected 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana's plea to stay his extradition to India, media reports said.

A Canadian national with Pakistani origin, Rana had filed an "emergency application for stay" with an Associate Judge of the US Supreme Court and Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit.

Rana had claimed he would be tortured in India as he is a Muslim of Pakistani origin.

He also alleged that the Indian government is becoming increasingly autocratic, citing a Human Rights Watch report on the treatment of religious minorities.

According to a The Times of India report, his petition specifically mentioned that "if a stay is not entered, there will be no rev...