Pakistan frees \\\'Mumbai\\\' mastermind, angering India

ISLAMABAD, Apr 10 (AFP): Pakistani authorities have freed the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on bail, sources said Friday, a move that swiftly drew furious condemnation from India.

Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, accused over the terror siege that left 166 dead, was released late on Thursday, according to an official at Adiyala Prison in Rawalpindi, next to Islamabad.

India slammed the release as an "insult" to the victims of the three-day onslaught on its financial capital, blamed on the banned Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

LeT's charitable wing Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) confirmed Lakhvi's release.

"Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi has been released from jail. He is free now and in a secure place," a senior JuD official said.