Mumbai terror attack accused Lakhvi released from jail

Islamabad: Pakistani authorities on Friday released from jail Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the prime accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that claimed 166 lives, a day after a court suspended his detention.

Lakhvi was released overnight from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi without any announcement from the jail authorities or the Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD), the organisation that Lakhvi was affiliated with, Geo TV reported.