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David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, arrested last month by the FBI, were part of a LeT plan of a major terror attack on the facilities of a Danish newspaper and the National Defence College in India, federal prosecutors have said.

Opposing the bail application of Rana before a Chicago court yesterday, attorneys from the US Department of Justice said Rana is a danger to the community and might leave the country, if released.

Rana faces a maximum sentence of 30 years, if proved guilty.

Pakistani-born Canadian citizen and a resident of Chicago, Rana was arrested by the FBI on terror charges along with his school friend Headley, a US citizen, who was also arrested on the charges of plotting attacks in Denmark and India.

Headley’s bail plea is scheduled for December. The reference to the National Defence College, New Delhi, as a target was made by the duo during their conversations on September 7, which was recorded by the FBI.

The Indian government Wednesday said adequate measures had been taken to secure the National Defence College (NDC) here after the interrogation of Pakistan-born US-based men unravelled a terror plot to target the institution.

Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju said at a function here that security measures were being taken according to updated threat perceptions.