What the records say
- When
- 20 Nov 2006
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 22.57° N, 88.37° E
- Description
- Explosion on passenger train, West Bengal
- Deaths
- 5
2006 West Bengal train explosion
Explosion on passenger train, West Bengal
The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train traveling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari on 20 November 2006, while the train was in a remote part of West Bengal, India. Five people were killed, and between 25 and 50 were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray stated that officials believed as many as 66 people may have been injured.
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