India, April 9 -- Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the Pakistan army orchestrated 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that claimed 166 lives, is slated to arrive in Delhi today, Wednesday following his extradition from the United States.

Official sources said that Rana, who is being brought by a team of Indian intelligence officials, will be kept in the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for a "few" days.

Rana's extradition comes after the US Supreme Court rejected his final plea to halt the process on 7 April, ending a years-long legal battle in which he had nearly succeeded after a local court ordered his release on "compassionate grounds" in June 2020, as outlined earlier by The Sunday Guardian (Modi government secures ...