A US court has rejected the bail plea of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana. He is the key accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and declared a fugitive by India, asserting that he has not negated the "risk of flight". Rana, 59, a childhood friend of David Coleman Headley, was rearrested on June 10 in Los Angeles on an extended request by India for his involvement in the Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people, including six Americans, were killed. 

India's request to maintain secrecy in the documents submitted for the extradition of Rana was accepted by the US government. "Although the United States has no affirmative discovery obligations in extradition matters, in this case, US court nodded to provide Rana a document in its possession from an unrelated ''state court'' proceeding in India. India has requested that the United States take steps to limit public dissemination of this document," US Attorney Nicola T Hanna said in a court submission on Friday. 

The US Judge said in his order made on December 10, Rana was currently facing multiple criminal charges emanating from India in connection with alleged conduct by him that at least to some degree overlaps with and formed a basis for federal criminal charges on which Rana was tried in Chicago and relates to the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai. Rana in his bail plea has informed that his health is in poor condition, including two heart attack while in custody and two weeks of illness early this year. Rana argued that he was not a danger to the community – which was opposed by the US government. 

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