After exhausting his legal options in the United States, Tahawwur Rana, an accused person in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, is being transported to India on a special jet, according to reports.

This comes after Rana’s plea to prevent his extradition to India was denied by the US Supreme Court. The Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday said, “The stay application addressed to the Chief Justice and referred to the Court is denied.”

In March, a similar motion was turned down by the US Supreme Court. Rana had previously informed the US court that he had a tumour that may indicate bladder cancer, Parkinson’s disease with cognitive deterioration, and an abdominal aortic aneurysm that was immediately at danger of rupturing. His prediction was that he wouldn’t live long enough to face trial in India. Additionally, he had claimed that he would be singled out in India because of cultural, religious, and national hostility.

In a joint press conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February, US President Donald Trump said that Tahawwur Rana will be held accountable in India.

Rana is a friend of David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani-American terrorist who was a major conspirator in the 2008 Mumbai bombings on November 26. He is an immigrant entrepreneur, doctor, and businessman of Pakistani descent. He is said to have ties to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, and the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). “It is difficult to keep someone like Tahawwur Rana behind bars because whenever they argue in front of a foreign nation that justice will not be served in India, they claim that their safety and medical care will be jeopardised in Indian jails and that the jails are in bad shape.” PK Jain, the former ADG of Special Operations and Joint CP of the Mumbai Police, said.

As a result, a unique setup known as the “Anda Cell”—a high-security, egg-shaped complex within a prison that is used for solitary confinement—has been built in all of the major jails. The same was done for Kasab because it would demonstrate to the whole world that Indian prisons are unsafe if someone like that were murdered or hurt while there. In the future, it would be difficult for us to repatriate such an accused person to India because of this. Returning him to India demonstrates that we will apprehend anybody who engages in terrorist activities against our country, even if they are from hell.

Second, a rogue state like Pakistan that feeds and fuels international terrorism will be exposed once again. We are proud that a terrorist who has complete backing from ISI and the Pakistani government would bring him here to appear before the courts.

According to the Mumbai police, once the 26/11 suspect Tahawwur Rana is transported to India, any decision about his incarceration would be based on the particular reasons specified in the extradition order. Rana is reportedly being extradited from the United States in relation to a conspiracy case pertaining to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that was filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2009.