Story highlights The terror attacks in India left more than 160 people dead

A court granted the suspect bail last year

(CNN) A court in Pakistan on Friday ordered the release of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks in India, calling his detention illegal.

Lakhvi, a top leader of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, was not present at Friday's proceeding at Islamabad High Court.

The terror attacks in India left more than 160 people dead in November 2008.

In the attacks, heavily armed men stormed landmark buildings around Mumbai, including luxury hotels, the city's historic Victoria Terminus train station and a Jewish cultural center.

On Friday, India summoned the Pakistan high commissioner "to convey our strong feelings about (the) Lakhvi verdict," said India's external affairs spokesman Syed Akbaruddin.

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