March 13, 2026 05:57 pm (IST)
26/11 accused Laskhar commander gets bail in Pakistan
Islamabad, Dec 18 (IBNS) A Pakistan court has granted bail to top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, an accused in the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai in 2008, said media reports on Thursday.
Lakhvi was given bail by the court in Islamabad which said the prosecution could not proved enough enough against him.
Lakhvi was in Aadiyala jail in Rawalpindi since his arrest in 2009.
India is likely to make a strong response to the granting of bail to Lakhvi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in May met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and expressed India's concern over the slow progress of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack trial in that country.
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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