**The sole surviving gunman in last year’s Mumbai attacks, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, has retracted a confession that he took part.**Giving evidence in his defence, Mr Qasab, a Pakistani national, said he had been forced by police to confess after repeatedly being beaten up.
He said he was not the man seen in pictures wielding an assault rifle during the attacks.
Mr Qasab faces 86 charges, including waging war on India and murder.
The November 2008 attacks left 174 people dead, including nine gunmen, and strained ties between India and Pakistan.
The BBC’s Prachi Pinglay said Mr Qasab looked calm in court as he repeatedly denied having anything to do with the attacks, insisting he had been framed by the police.
A special court in Mumbai (Bombay) is prosecuting him and a verdict in the case is expected early next year.