Pakistan's Foreign Office today summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan JP Singh over what it claims is 'unnecessary hype' created over a court order to release Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the man accused of plotting the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Sources said that Pakistan's Foreign Office told Mr Singh that India should not interfere in their judicial process.
The Pakistani side also raised the 2007 Samjhauta train blast case, in which 68 people including several Pakistani nationals were killed, contending that there was undue delay in the trial, sources said.
Mr Singh, in turn, reiterated India's concern over the release order, sources said.
Earlier in the day, India had summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit to convey its outrage after the Islamabad High Court ordered Lakhvi's release.
India said it is Pakistan's responsibility to take all legal measures to ensure that he doesn't come out of jail.
Meanwhile, the prison officials in Pakistan's Rawalpindi, where Lakhvi is imprisoned, refused to release him. "We told Lakhvi's counsel that we cannot release him on the Islamabad High Court order received through fax," said an official at the Adiala Jail. "We told him (Lakhvi's counsel) to bring the certified copy of the court's order," he said.
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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