The US today said the serious prison sentence for Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana should send a tough message to all individuals planning to indulge in terrorist activities that they cannot escape detection and punishment.52-year-old Rana,an accomplice of Mumbai attack terrorist David Headley, was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in jail followed by five years of supervised release for providing material support to Pakistan-based LeT and for backing a dastardly plot to attack a Danish newspaper.

Acting US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois ,Gary S Shapiro, said,this sentence should go a long way
towards convincing would-be terrorists that they can't hide
behind the scenes.

Rana, who was originally arrested in 2009 for his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, was acquitted of that charge.However, Indian investigators have accused him of being involved in the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people and are seeking to question him for the second time.

Co-defendant David Headley, 52, pleaded guilty in March 2010 to 12 terrorism charges, including aiding and
abetting the murders of six Americans in Mumbai.Headley is scheduled to be sentenced next Thursday.He has cooperated with the US government since he was arrested in October 2009, and testified as a government witness at Rana's trial. He is facing a maximum of life in prison.