Mumbai, Jan 12 (Inditop.com) Pakistani terror accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab continued denying his role in the Nov 26, 2008, Mumbai terror attacks as the recording of his statement was taken up in the new year here Tuesday.
So far, Kasab has been posed 891 questions pertaining to his role in the terror attacks based on the evidence on record and testimonies of witnesses presented by the prosecution, as required under Sec. 313 of Criminal Procedure Code.
He has replied mostly in the negative to a majority of questions besides making up different stories during the course of his denials, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told mediapersons.
Among the things he has denied so far is his involvement in the attacks, his arrest by the police from Girgaum Chowpatty, of having opened fire inside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, and killing three top police officers — Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar.
Claiming that he was a cook in Pakistan who had come to make a career in Bollywood, Kasab said that he had been falsely implicated in the entire case and that he was arrested from Juhu Chowpatty 20 days before the terror attacks.
Kasab further claimed that he was being made a scapegoat since he was a Pakistani national and looked similar to one of the terrorists whose photographs was published in the media.
The Special Court, presided over by Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani is likely to grill Kasab with another 800 questions including the technical evidences submitted by the prosecution.
The next hearing in the matter has been kept for Friday.
