Pakistani Court Orders Release of Accused Terrorist
A Pakistani court ordered the release Friday of the man accused of plotting the 2008 terrorist attacks in India’s financial capital, drawing a sharp rebuke from New Delhi and further roiling tensions between the rival neighbors.
The high court in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, ruled that the detention of Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi was illegal after an anti-terrorism judge granted him bail in December.
Indian officials were “extremely upset” at the Friday ruling and lodged a formal protest with the Pakistani high commissioner to New Delhi, the Press Trust of India reported.