Pakistan/India

A Pakistan court releases Mumbai attack suspect

Article published on the 2009-06-02 Latest update 2009-06-03 10:00 TU

Flames come out of the Taj Mahal during a gun battle in November 2008.
(Photo: Reuters)

India says it is unhappy about Pakistan's decision to release a cleric who had been detained in connection with the investigation into the attacks on the western Indian port city of Mumbai in November 2008.

"We are unhappy that Pakistan has not shown the degree of seriousness and commitment it should have to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks," the Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters in New Delhi.

On Tuesday, a court in Pakistan decided to release Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and three other members of the charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa. This organisation is believed to be a front for Lashka-e-Taiba, which the United Nations has on a list of "affiliates of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban".

India blames the organisation for the attacks in Mumbai in November 2008. 

Tension remains between the two countries as Indian prosecutors insist they have evidence that links Pakistan to the incidents in Mumbai, which killed 166 people. Ten gunmen took hostage two luxury hotels and attacked other sites, including a UNESCO heritage train station.