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Onus on you to keep Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi in prison, India tells Pakistan

Reacting sharply to Islamabad high court's order to release the mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, India has accused Pakistan of not producing evidence against him that was given to them in plenty in the form of a detailed dossier.

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Reacting sharply to Islamabad high court's order to release the mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, India has accused Pakistan of not producing evidence against him that was given to them in plenty in the form of a detailed dossier.

Terming the detention order promulgated against Lakhvi as illegal, the court said it did not have evidence to prove his involvement in the Mumbai attacks.

Pressure by India and international community had forced Pakistan to put Lakhvi under detention when a trial court had granted him bail in December.

"Pakistan did not present the evidence before the court. The case has been handled very shoddily by Pakistani agencies. There are no bad or good terrorists, it is a fact which has been globally accepted," minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju said.

India has given detailed dossier on Lakhvi and others consisting of incriminating evidence on their direct complicity to Pakistan at least twice. The dossiers contained conclusive voice overs of Lakhvi and Ajmal Amir Kasab's, the lone fidayeen caught alive, confessional statement of meeting Lakhvi thrice before the launch of Mumbai attack.

Showing strong displeasure, India also summoned the Pakistan high commissioner on Friday and lodged a protest against Lakhvi's release order and said it was Islamabad's responsibility to ensure that the prime accused of horrific Mumbai attacks does not come out of the jail.

Officiating foreign secretary, Anil Wadhwa, who is officiating as the foreign secretary in absence of S Jaishankar, summoned Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit to South Block and conveyed unhappiness over the order in strong words.

The matter was also "raised at high levels" in Pakistan through Indian High Commission, official sources said.

"He (Lakhvi) may have been granted bail but as you know the trial continues, we are all working to complete the trial. Let the judicial process take its course," said Basit after the meeting.

Lakhvi, a top commander of the banned terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), is in jail since 2009. But he is being looked after royally by the Pakistani agencies and has almost every facility.

The unfortunate development comes just after the visit of the Indian foreign secretary to Pakistan as part of his 'SAARC Yatra' which helped resume the stalled dialogue process.

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