New Delhi - The lone Pakistani gunman captured during the November terrorist attacks on Mumbai pleaded not guilty to all charges Wednesday, including murder and waging war against India, officials said.

Judge ML Tahilyani presiding over the special court in Mumbai read out the charges against Ajmal Amir Kasab.

"All the charges are wrong. I do not accept them. I am not guilty," Kasab told the court.

The court accepted the 86 of the 312 charges the police had levied aganst the main suspect of the Mumbai carnage, which include plotting the conspiracy and possessing explosives.

The 21-year old Kasab, allegedly a member of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist outfit, could face the death penalty if convicted.

"The court has framed in all 86 charges under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, as well as Explosives Substances Act, Arms Act, Passport Act, Foreigners Act and Unlawful Activities Act," public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam said.

Two Indians, Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, are also on trial accused of being members of the group and scouting for the attacks.

They pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to the same charges as Kasab.

Kasab is the key defendant in the November 26-29 attacks, in which more than 170 people were killed.

The trial by a special court began April 15 in the heavily guarded Arthur Road jail premises, where Kasab was being kept in solitary confinement.

A total of 109 witnesses including those from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and foreign experts will testify to establish the complicity of Kasab in the attacks, the prosecution said earlier.

Indian police have filed an 11,000-page charge sheet against 38 people including Kasab.

The charges allege key planners of the assaults included LeT leaders Hafeez Sayyid, Fahim Ansari, Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah. (dpa)