New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh termed the bail granted to 2008 Mumbai attack accused and LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, as "unfortunate".

Reacting to the Pakistan's court granting bail to Lakhvi, Singh said, he hopes Pakistan govt will appeal in a higher court so that the bail is cancelled.
Meanwhile, India is working with its mission in Pakistan to prepare a strong response against granting of bail to LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, one of the masterminds of the 2008 terror attack.

Within hours of an Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi granting bail to Lakhvi, one the seven Pakistani nationals accused of planning and abetting the Mumbai terror attacks, sources said the government here started working along with its mission in Islamabad on a strong response against the court verdict.

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Lakhvi, who was the operational head of the banned Laskhar—e—Taiba, was one of the key planners of the Mumbai attack that killed 166 people.

His release from jail comes a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pledged to announce a “national plan” to tackle terrorism within a week, saying “this entire region” should be cleansed of terrorism.