A special US aircraft, a Gulfstream G550, carrying 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Tahawwur Rana along with officials landed in Delhi at the Aviation Research Centre Palam Air Base a few minutes ago. National Investigative Agency to arrest Rana shortly.

Meanwhile, media houses have carried reports from Pakistan quoting Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan as saying that Rana has in the past made no attempts to renew his lapsed Pakistani citizenship after moving to Canada.

"Tahawwur Rana has not renewed his Pakistani documents for over two decades. His Canadian nationality is very clear," Mr Khan said in Islamabad.

As reported yesterday, Rana will be taken straight to the Patiala Court House. Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan and special Public Prosecutor for NIA, Advocate Narender Mann have already arrived at Patiala Court House.

It is expected that NIA will be granted custody of Rana, who should clearly establish Pakistani links to the attacks.