US court rejects Rana's extradition plea

THE US SUPREME Court has rejected Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana's emergency bid to stay his extradition to India, prompting him to submit a renewed application to Chief Justice John Roberts.

- YOSHITA SINGH

Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. He had submitted an 'Emergency Application For Stay Pending Litigation of Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus' on February 27 with Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit.