Sabahuddin Ahmed, who had been charged with providing maps of 26/11 terror targets to terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba, on Wednesday told the trial court in Mumbai that he was being falsely implicated in the case by the Mumbai police.
"I have nothing to do with 26/11 terror attacks," Sabahuddin said in reply to a question put to him by Judge M L Tahaliyani on the evidence presented against him.
Sabauddin alleged that he was not produced before a court within 24 hours of his arrest by the Mumbai police after his arrest in connection with the case on December 17, 2008, thus violating his fundamental right.
However, the judge asked him to agitate before the concerned magistrate where he was produced for remand or before the Human Rights Commission. Sabahuddin said he had not provided maps to the LeT and also denied having met co-accused Fahim Ansari or anyone else in Nepal, as alleged by the prosecution.
According to a witness, Ansari had given maps of likely targets of the Mumbai terror attack to Sabahuddin in Nepal for forwarding them to the LeT, which sent ten terrorists to Mumbai to carry out the attacks. Sabahuddin was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police in connection with an attack on the Central Reserve Police Force camp in Rampur. Later, the Mumbai police took him under custody to probe his links with the 26/11 attack.
Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested during the terror siege, and co-accused Ansari were also present in the court when Sabahuddin gave his statement.
