Recording of Kasab’s final statement to resume on Wednesday

Kasab had disputed the prosecution’s case that he along with nine other terrorists had come to Mumbai from Pakistan via sea on November 26,2008 and attacked various locations like the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus,Hotels Taj and Trident,Nariman House and Cafe Leopold.

The gunman also denied having confessed to his crime before a magistrate and claimed that the police had tortured him into giving the statement.

“I had come to Mumbai in Samjhauta Express 20 days before November 26. I was arrested on November 25 night from Juhu Chowpatty and falsely implicated in the case,” Kasab had told special Judge M L Tahaliyani.

Kasab also denied being a member of terror outfit Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) and claimed he never met Hafeez Sayed,Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah,all absconding accused and top LeT operatives.

After Kasab,the court would record the statements of two other arrested accused Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed,who have been charged with preparing maps of the locations and submitting them to the main conspirators.

The defence lawyers would then be allowed to examine their evidence following which the court would hear the final arguments of the prosecution and defence before passing its verdict.

Kasab,Ansari and Ahmed have been charged with killing 166 persons and injuring several others during the terror Attacks.