2006 West Bengal train explosion
in Kolkata, IndiaCategory: Attraction
1 views 
0 shares 
0 comments
set bookmark!
Created/changed by:
System
Address details
22, Sealdah, Baithakkhana, Kolkata, West Bengal 700009, India Print route »
Phone & WWW
Business hours
Info
The 2006 West Bengal train disaster was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between New Jalpaiguri and Haldibari that occurred on 20 November 2006, when the train was in a remote part of West Bengal State, India. Five people were killed, and between fifty and twenty-five were injured, although home secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray says officials believe there may in fact be as many as sixty-six injured. Two passenger cars were damaged. The explosion was due to a still-undetermined cause, but terrorism is suspected. The train was about 550 kilometres (340 mi) from Kolkata.
