MUMBAI , India ( CNN ) -- The lawyer for the main suspect in last year 's deadly terrorist attack in Mumbai was removed Wednesday , delaying the high-profile trial that was set to begin . Soldiers patrol in Mumbai on the eve of the trial of a key suspect in last year 's attacks in the Indian city . The trial start for Mohammed Ajmal Kasab , 21 , is expected to be moved to Thursday as officials scramble to settle the lawyer issue . Kasab is thought to be the only one of 10 gunmen to survive the three-day siege , which killed more than 160 people in November . As the trial was to begin , the judge removed attorney Anjali Waghmare because she also was representing a witness in the case . Waghmare argued that she had no idea that the person was a witness in the terror case , and she was representing this person in a different case . But the judge declared that it was a conflict of interest . An Indian court appointed Waghmare two weeks ago to represent Kasab , and it was unclear who would replace her . Kasab demanded that his attorney be replaced with a Pakistani lawyer . But the judge denied that request and said that a Pakistani lawyer may be able to be brought in as a consultant from outside the courtroom . Kasab , a Pakistani national , faces more than a dozen charges , including murder , conspiracy to wage a war against the nation and terrorism . During the proceedings Wednesday Kasab seemed relaxed and smiled many time at the large crowd of journalists in the courtroom . Kasab also requested newspapers to be brought in so that he could see what the media was writing about him . Prosecutors last month accused him of trying to delay the trial by insisting that the 11,000-page document detailing the charges against him -- which was written in English and the local Marathi language -- be translated into Urdu , the official language of Pakistan . The court rejected his request . Wednesday 's trial was to take place in a makeshift court set up in a jail where Kasab -- who has been communicating with the judge via videolink -- is being held . Indian authorities have long blamed the Mumbai attacks on Lashkar-e-Tayyiba , a Pakistan-based militant outfit , but the group has denied responsibility . The violence initially heightened tensions between the two nuclear states . India has urged Pakistan to destroy what it calls terrorist infrastructure in that country . The two nations are longtime rivals that have fought three wars since their independence from the British , and conducted countering nuclear weapons tests in 1998 . CNN 's Sara Sidner contributed to this report .
Main suspect 's lawyer removed as she represents a witness in the case . Trial was to start Wednesday , unclear when court proceedings will resume . Mohammed Ajmal Kasab , 21 , is accused of being the only gunmen to survive siege . The November siege targeted victims at Mumbai hotels , hospitals , railway stations .