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March 2003 Mumbai bombing

UNSOLVED2003Mulund railway station, Mumbai2 SOURCESUPDATED JUL 2026
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At approximately 19:45 on 13 March 2003, a bomb detonated aboard a train as it arrived at Mulund railway station in Mumbai, India. The device had been placed in the first-class ladies' compartment of the train. The explosion killed 10 people and injured 70 others.

Among the dead were four women who were in the first-class compartment, two of whom were serving as police constables. The remaining six fatalities were men who had been in the adjoining second-class compartment.

This bombing was the third in a series of five attacks against Mumbai that occurred over a period of eight months. The other attacks in this sequence were the 2002 Mumbai bus bombing, the January 2003 Mumbai bombing, the July 2003 Mumbai bombing, and the August 2003 Mumbai bombings.

No further details on investigation, prosecution, or attribution of responsibility for this specific bombing are available in the source material reviewed for this dossier.

Key facts

Victims
Unidentified victims
Date
2003
Location
Mulund railway station, Mumbai
Case status
unsolved

Case timeline

  1. 2003-03-13

    A bomb exploded in the first-class ladies' compartment of a train as it pulled into Mulund railway station, Mumbai, killing 10 people and injuring 70 more.

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  • Unidentified victims

    VICTIM

    Ten people were killed in the bombing, including four women in the first-class compartment (two of whom were police constables) and six men in the adjoining second-class compartment. Names of victims are not specified in the available source material.

Roles reflect public records and court outcomes at the time of writing — supporting citations are on file under Sources.

Places

Mulund railway station, Mumbai

19.1721, 72.9537

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Common questions

What happened to the victim?
A bomb exploded in a first-class ladies' compartment as a train pulled into Mulund railway station in Mumbai on 13 March 2003, killing 10 people and injuring 70 more.
Where did the bombing happen?
Mulund railway station, Mumbai.
What is the current status of the case?
Status: unsolved.
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Sources

  1. March 2003 Mumbai bombingwikipedia · Wikipedia · 2026-07-07
  2. Contemporaneous coverage — rediff.comnews · rediff.com · 2026-07-07