Islamabad: Pakistan foreign office on Friday night summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan JP Singh on the 'unnecessary hype' over 26/11 accused Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's release after orders of Islamabad High Court. Earlier in the day, India summoned Pakistan's envoy Abdul Basit to register protest against the development.
India said it was "extremely upset" over the verdict of a court and has lodged a strong protest with the Pakistan government.
The matter has been "raised at high levels" in Pakistan, official sources said.
Lakhvi, a senior figure of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba, is accused of being involved in planning, financing and executing the Mumbai attacks in 2008.
On December 29, 2014, the Islamabad High Court ordered conditional release of Lakhvi, drawing strong protests from India, which summoned the Pakistani envoy to "convey concern" over the development.
On December 30, Lakhvi was sent by a Pakistani court to two-day judicial remand in an abduction case, after India again strongly raised concerns over his imminent release.
India has relentlessly sought Lakhvi since the November 2008 attacks killed 166 persons, including several foreigners, in Mumbai, causing international uproar and a diplomatic storm.
Lakhvi was arrested in February 2009 for masterminding the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that left 166 people dead and over 300 injured.
He was indicted with six others on November 25, 2009, on the basis of the confessional statement of the lone surviving attacker Ajmal Kasab, who was caught, tried and executed in India on November 21, 2012.
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