Jammu Tawi, April 9 -- Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, is set to be extradited from the United States to India soon, sources confirmed on Wednesday. Rana, a Pakistan-origin Canadian national, has exhausted all his legal options in the US, bringing him closer to facing Indian law for his involvement in the attack that claimed 166 lives.

A multi-agency team from India is currently in the US to finalize his extradition process, and sources suggest that Rana could be brought back to India in the near future. His extradition follows a failed last-ditch attempt by Rana to stop the process, after the US Supreme Court rejected his application to delay the extradition.

Rana, who was arrested in 2009 for his role ...