A Pakistani court on Friday declared 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi’s detention illegal. The court ordered his release.

The notifications which were issued by Islamabad’s District Administration were termed as null and void by Justice Noorul Haq in the morning, Express News reported.

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.
Lakhvi, 54, was reportedly arrested from the headquarters of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group in Muzaffarabad, soon after the attacks.

The six other men facing the trial for their alleged involvement in Mumbai strikes are Hammad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Younas Anjum, Jamil Ahmed, Mazhar Iqbal and Abdul Majid.

At the time of the attacks, Lakhvi was believed to be the operational head of the banned Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) that has been accused by India of being the perpetrator.

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