Mumbai, July 21 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday acquitted 12 people of involvement in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case. One of the acquittees, Mohammed Sajid Ansari, said that he was being framed by Mumbai Police from the beginning and that he was "innocent".

Ansari pointed out that the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) created a false narrative about the matter, and all the confessions were extracted by torturing them. He stated that 19 years of his life have been lost, due to which his family has suffered.

"I have been saying this from the beginning that I am innocent. Police have framed a false case against us. All 13 people who were arrested are innocent. ATS has circulated a false narrative. All our confessions were taken after torturi...