New Delhi, June 4 (UNI) A Delhi court on Wednesday permitted Tihar Jail authorities to file their response to the application of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana who has sought permission to speak to his family members.

Special Judge Chander Jit Singh after the hearing permitted Tihar Jail Authorities to file their response to the application of Rana and adjourned the matter for June 9.

National Investigation Agency filed its reply on the application of Rana and also supplied its copy to the Jail Authorities on the direction of the Court.

Tahawwur Rana, 64, a Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman, is allegedly a close associate of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks main conspirator David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani, a US citizen.

The court had earlier also dismissed the application of Rana seeking to talk with his family members.

A group of 10 Pakistani terrorists went on a rampage in Mumbai in November 2008, carrying out a coordinated attack on a railway station, two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre, after they sneaked into Mumbai using the sea route in the Arabian Sea. About 166 people were killed due in this assault.

Rana is accused of conspiring with Headley and operatives of designated terrorist organisations to carry out the three-day terror siege of India's financial capital.

The US Supreme Court last month dismissed the review petition of Rana, a key accused in the 2008 terror attacks, against his extradition and cleared the way for his transfer to Indian custody.

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