| 2006Ahmedabad railway station bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ahmedabad,Gujarat, India |
| Date | 19 February 2006 01:43[1] (IST) |
Attack type | Bomb blasts |
| Deaths | 0[2]-1[3] |
| Injured | 10[4]-25[5] |
| Perpetrator | Lashkar-e-Taiba[4] |
| Accused | Ahmed Bilal, Mahmad Aamir Shakeel Ahmed Shaikh, Mahmad Iliyas Abdul Memon, Saiyyed Aaqib, Mahmad Aslam Kashmiri, Abu Jundal |
The2006 Ahmedabad railway station bombing was a blast at platform number 2/3 ofKalupur railway stationAhmedabad,India.[1][6] 10-25 people sustained minor injuries.[4][5] At the time of blast no train was present at the platform, two trains had passed before explosion and theKutch express was about to arrive at the platform, the casualties and severity of the explosion may increased if any train was present at the platform.[citation needed]
The blasts had occurred at thepublic call office booths installed at the railway station platforms at around 1:43 am.[7] Gujarat police presumed that due to the faulty timer device the severity of the explosion decreased.[8]
1.5 kg ofRDX explosives was planted in a suitcase. The explosives had arrived at Ahmedabad railway station fromMumbai in the chair-car compartment of Mumbai-AhmedabadKarnavati Express.[8] The bomb had been originally placed in the Karnavati Express. Kamlesh Bhagora, a constable of Government Railway Police had asked aporter to attend an unclaimed suitcase kept in the AC compartment of the train, the porter placed that suitcase near the tea stall at platform number 2/3, the bomb exploded shortly after that.[9]
GujaratAnti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested Mahmad Aamir Shakeel Ahmed Shaikh, Mahmad Iliyas Abdul Memon, Saiyyed Aaqib, Mahmad Aslam Kashmiri, and Abu Jundal.[10]
In September 2021 Gujarat ATS arrested Ahmed Bilal, an accused terrorist wanted in blast case fromBaramulla district,Jammu and Kashmir. According to Gujarat ATS, Bilal bombed a train and detonatedIED. He was a student inMadrasa atBharuch back in 2006. where he got involved with the bannedterrorist organization,Lashkar-e-Taiba. He had allegedly convinced other students to take revenge for theGodhra-inspiredriots of 2002 and facilitated their training at Azad Kashmir and Pakistan with the help ofInter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to train them in shooting and bomb-making.[2][11][12]
The blast had left 10 persons injured. No one was killed.
bomb blast ... in which one was killed and several injured
