Police in Pakistan have detained the man accused of masterminding the deadly attack on Mumbai in 2008 on unrelated charges of kidnapping, a day aftera court ordered Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi released.
Lakhvi was produced in court in Islamabad amid tight security and was later taken into protective custody. He is accused of kidnapping a man 6 1/2 years ago; a local court granted a police request today to detain Lakhvi for two days.
The move comes just a day after the Islamabad High Court ordered a conditional release for Lakhvi after his lawyers argued Monday that his continued detention — despite being granted bail on Dec. 18 — infringed on his rights.
That move incensed neighboring India, which protested the decision.
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