After his confession was complete, Tahilyani adjourned the matter till Wednesday.

In a dramatic twist to the ongoing trial, Kasab suddenly confessed in the court Monday to his involvement in the 26/11 terror attacks in this financial capital. He admitted he is a Pakistani national and also recounted in full detail how he and his nine associates - all killed by the police during the 60-hour-long combined security operations - carried out the terror mayhem.

He also revealed before the stunned courtroom names of his Pakistani handlers, including Abu Hamza, Abu Jundal, Abu Kafa and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, who saw them off when they boarded a ship at Karachi.

Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam had termed Kasab's surprise confession as 'a victory of truth and victory for the prosecution' while Chief Minister Ashok Chavan had urged that death sentence be pronounced.