**The trial of the main suspect in last November’s deadly Mumbai (Bombay) attacks has been adjourned until Wednesday, Indian media report.**A court in the city was set to decide whether to accept the change of plea made by Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab.
On Monday, he made a surprise confession before the court admitting his role in the killings.
Mr Qasab, who is a Pakistani, faces 86 charges, including waging war on India, murder and possessing explosives.
Indian media reports say that the case was adjourned because the prosecution had asked for more time.
The judge presiding over the case, ML Tahiliyani, was to decide whether the confession was made voluntarily and whether there were any loopholes in his statement.
In May, he had pleaded not guilty to all charges.
More than 170 people died in the attacks, nine of them gunmen. Mr Qasab is the sole surviving suspected gunman.
‘No pressure’
Legal experts have said that if the judge does finally accept his testimony in court, then the trial will end soon and the court will pronounce the sentence.
Mr Qasab could face the death penalty if the judge agrees to impose the maximum penalty.
On Monday, Mr Qasab said there had been no pressure on him to confess and it had been his decision to do so.
“I request the court to accept my plea and pronounce the sentence,” he told the judge.
During his testimony, the suspect gave details of his journey from Pakistan, the attacks at a historic railway station in Mumbai and the city’s Cama hospital.
It is not fully clear what prompted Mr Qasab to change his plea.
He said he had done so because Pakistan had finally admitted he was a Pakistani citizen, but that was some time ago.
Police say Mr Qasab confessed before a magistrate to the attacks after his arrest, but he retracted that confession at an early hearing.
His lawyers said then that it had been coerced.
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, 21, was arrested on the first day of the attacks and has been in Indian custody ever since.
The attacks led to a worsening of relationship between India and Pakistan.
India accused Pakistan-based fighters from the banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba of carrying out the attacks.
In the immediate aftermath of the killings, Pakistan denied any responsibility, but later admitted the attacks had been partly planned on its soil.
Islamabad also eventually admitted that Mr Qasab was a Pakistani citizen.