26/11 accused Faheem Ansari says he is innocent

Denying his involvement in 26/11 terror attacks, accused Faheem Ansari on Monday alleged in the trial court that he was forced by police to prepare a map of target locations after he was arrested in this case.

Denying his involvement in 26/11 terror attacks, accused Faheem Ansari on Monday alleged in the trial court that he was forced by police to prepare a map of target locations after he was arrested in this case.

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"I am innocent and have not committed any crime," said Ansari in reply to questions put to him by the court on evidence adduced against him by the prosecution.

The accused said it was not true that he had obtained a a Pakistani passport by submitting fake documents and that the dossier submitted to India by the neighbouring country in this regard contained false information.

Ansari said the photograph on the passport was not his and he had not procured it by submitting false papers.

Ansari rubbished the witness account that he had handed over maps of 26/11 terror targets to co-accused Sabauddin Ahmed in Nepal and that the latter had forwarded them to Lashker-e-Taiba to carry out the attacks.

Ansari also denied having made inquiries from a shop owner in Cuffe Parade's fishermen's colony about hiring a house in the locality where the 26/11 terrorist had landed.