Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi speaks during a rally in this file picture taken April 21, 2008. REUTERS/Abu Arqam Naqash
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court freed on bail on Friday a man accused of plotting a 2008 assault on India's financial capital Mumbai that killed 166 people, his lawyer said.
The move provoked a sharp rebuke from India, which warned that relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours were deteriorating. The United States said it was "gravely" concerned by the court move.
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