Dawn. Islamabad/New Delhi :Responding to Indian criticism of the release of Mumbai attacks accused Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the Foreign Office has blamed India for the development.”Inordinate delay in extending cooperation by India complicated the case and weakened the prosecution’s case,” FO Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said on Friday.Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, walked out of detention on bail after the Lahore High Court set aside government’s orders for keeping him confined.Lakhvi, who was arrested in December 2008, had been originally granted bailin December, but the government kept him detained on temporary orders. He is among the seven accused being tried for involvement in the attacks by an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi.The FO statement was issued after Indian High Commissioner T.C.A. Raghavan met Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry to protest Lakhvi’s release.
