NEW DELHI – An alleged terror mastermind allegedly involved in the November 2008 multiple terror attacks in India's financial capital Mumbai, which claimed around 166 lives, was extradited from the United States to New Delhi on Thursday.

Tahawwur Rana, 64, was flown in by a special aircraft. Upon his arrival at the Palam Airport in the Indian capital city, the country's National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths formally arrested him.

Now, the alleged terror mastermind would be tried under Indian laws for his role in the multiple terror attacks.

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A Canadian national of Pakistani origin, Rana had allegedly planned the dreaded terror attacks while residing in the US along with David Coleman Headley.

Meanwhile, the Pakistani government distanced itself from Rana, pointing out his Canadian citizenship.

"Tahawwur Rana has not renewed his Pakistani documents in the last two decades. His Canadian nationality is very clear," media reports quoted a Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman as saying on Thursday.