Saeed: Do you think it is fair to trust Kasab?

Mumbai terror mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed does not give much credence to the confessions made by Ajmal Kasab in the ongoing 26/11 trial and claimed he had no hand in the terror attack....

Mumbai terror mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed does not give much credence to the confessions made by Ajmal Kasab in the ongoing 26/11 trial and claimed he had no hand in the terror attack.

Saeed,who is reportedly guarded by two policemen and roams in Lahore a free man,said it is not fair to base everything on statements made by Kasab in custody,and blamed Indian propaganda for the accusations against him.

Insisting that he had no connection with Lashkar-e-Toiba,Saeed said his charity had hundreds of offices across Pakistan. He laughed and asked: They make me out to be the biggest and most evil terrorist. Do I look like one to you?

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Speaking to London-based The Independent newspaper,Saeed,one of Indias most wanted terrorist,said: He (Kasab) has been giving different stories… In court,he gave this statement. He has been saying so many things… we do not know. Do you think that it is fair that you base everything on this man who is in custody?

On Indias charge that he was involved in the Mumbai attacks,Saeed said in a raised voice: We are Pakistanis and our organisations work under the law of Pakistan. Even though we try to abide by Pakistani law,there have been such serious allegations that I was put under arrest… I am restricted only because India wants me to be restricted.

Recalling that the Deccan Mujahideen had claimed responsibility for the Mumbai attacks,Saeed said: But within no time,India blamed Lashkar-e-Toiba and India did not even pay attention to the claim from the Deccan Mujahideen.