26/11: India summons Pakistan envoy over Lakhvi release
An NDTV report earlier quoting unnamed sources in the Indian government said "Islamabad High Court order on Lakhvi calls into question entire approach to terror."
India thus raised the issue diplomatically.
Indian leaders from both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress slammed Pakistan on the Lakhvi issue.
"Pakistan is distinguishing between good terrorism and bad terrorism. Terrorism directed towards it neighbour is good terrorism for them," said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, adding that "is this how they are paying tribute to their children [Taliban attack in school]."
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad granted him bail. The bail order as quoted in Dawn newspaper said "weak evidence, the registration of the FIR invoking irrelevant sections against the suspect, the ‘never-ending’ trial and hearsay evidence went in favour of the accused."
Lakhvi was given bail by the court in Islamabad which said the prosecution could not prove enough against him.
Lakhvi was in Aadiyala jail in Rawalpindi since his arrest in 2009.
The bail had triggered a furious response from India, who rejected freeing Lakhvi.
A series of twelve coordinated shooting and bombing attacks in Nov 2008 across Mumbai in hotels, religious place, railway station carried out by Pakistani members of Lashkar-e-Taiba.had killed 164 people and wounded at least 308.
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