DHAKA: A Pakistani court on Monday suspended a detention order on the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, government lawyers said, a move likely to further inflame tensions with India.

The suspension is the latest round in a tussle over whether to grant bail to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, who is accused over the terror siege in India's commercial capital that left 166 people dead.

The Mumbai carnage was blamed on the banned Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and India has long seethed over Islamabad's failure to either hand over or prosecute those accused of planning and organising the violence.

A court granted Lakhvi bail on December 18, drawing a furious response from India, but government lawyers say they are planning an appeal, reports The Straits Times.

BDST: 1558 HRS, DEC 29, 2014