Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks, will remain in jail for at least a month, following a fresh detention order from the Home ministry of Punjab province in Pakistan. On Friday, the Islamabad High Court had ordered Lakhvi's release, ruling that his detention was illegal.
"The Punjab government today issued the order of Lakhvi's detention under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) for a period of 30 days. He will remain detained at the Adiala Jail where he is currently under custody in the Mumbai attack case," a Home Department official of the Punjab government told Press Trust of India.
On Friday, India had summoned Pakistani envoy Abdul Basit to convey its outrage over Lakhvi's release following High Court's order.
India said it was Pakistan's responsibility to take all legal measures to ensure that Lakhvi didn't come out of jail.
Lakhvi, a top commander of the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, has been in jail since 2009 over the attacks in Mumbai a year before, in which 166 people were killed.
The court had then said that it did not have evidence to prove his involvement in what was worst-ever terror attack on Indian soil.
Indian investigators have submitted voice samples and other evidence that reveal Lakhvi talking on satellite phones to the 10 terrorists who sailed into Mumbai and attacked its most famous landmarks.
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