( CNN ) A man charged with planning the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in India has been released on bail in Pakistan after years of detention , prompting sharp criticism from India . Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi , a top leader of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba , was released early Friday from a jail in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi , according to Yahya Mujahid , spokesman for Jamaat-ud-Dawa , a group with which Lakhvi is affiliated . Lakhvi was charged in Pakistan in 2009 , accused of masterminding the November 2008 terror attacks that left more than 160 people dead in Mumbai , India 's most populous city . Lakhvi still faces trial in the case . But an anti-terrorism court granted Lakhvi bail last year , a decision the Pakistani government said it would challenge . That challenge lasted until Thursday , when the Lahore High Court ordered his release , CNN affiliate and Pakistani outlet GEO News reported . Lakhvi posted bail totaling 2 million Pakistani rupees ( more than $ 19,000 ) , according to GEO News . India , Pakistan 's neighbor and rival , condemned Lakhvi 's bail release on Friday . The country contacted Pakistan 's foreign secretary to underline `` that this has reinforced the perception that Pakistan has a dual policy on dealing with terrorists , and those who have carried out attacks or are posing a threat to India are being dealt with differently , '' said Syed Akbaruddin , a spokesman for India 's Ministry of External Affairs . The accusation that Pakistan might treat India differently highlights long-running tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors , which have fought three wars against each other since their partition at the end of British colonial rule . Pakistan 's Foreign Office responded Friday by saying , `` It would not be proper to cast aspersions on Pakistan 's commitment to countering terrorism at a time when Pakistan has entered a critical stage of defeating the menace of terrorism . '' The Foreign Office also blamed what it said was India 's delay in cooperating in the case , saying it `` weakened the prosecution . '' In the Mumbai 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 . India executed the last surviving gunman from the attacks in 2012 . Other suspects were all killed during the series of attacks , which went on for three days . More about the Mumbai attacks . CNN 's Harmeet Singh contributed to this report .
The terror attacks in India left more than 160 people dead . A court granted the suspect bail last year .