A committee of the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, has assured India that it will take up the issue of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi at its next meeting.

India had expressed concern that Lakhvi’s release from a Pakistani jail violates the provisions of the United Nations. India’s Ambassador to the UN Asoke Mukerji had written a letter to the Chair of the UNSC Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee Ambassador Jim McLay expressing concern over the Lashkar-e-Toiba, LeT, commander’s release.