MUMBAI, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The surviving gunman of the 2008 attacks in Mumbai said he was wrongly accused of killing three police officers during the rampage.
Guerrillas linked to Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba stormed several high-profile buildings in Mumbai, killing at least 188 people in the three-day raid.
Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunman in the attacks, as well as Indian nationals Faheem Ansar and Sbauddin Ahmded, are facing trial for their roles in the plot.
Kasab told the special court that he was not present when three police officers were gunned down during the raid, Pakistani's News International reports.
"They are police, they need an accused," he said. "So, they framed me up."
Kasab last week retracted his statements that he played a role in the attacks. He claimed he was arrested before the attacks started.
U.S. authorities have charged David Coleman Headley, a U.S. citizen, with conducting "extensive surveillance" for LeT in the Mumbai attacks. Kasab told the court he met Headley while in jail after the attacks.
Indian authorities alleged Headley had ties to Pakistani-based terrorist outfits following their interrogation of him in connection with possible plans to target Indian interests.
Prosecutors are relying on testimony from more than 650 witnesses who said they saw Kasab open fire on civilians at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station and later at the Cama & Albless Hospital.
