Jnaneswari Express train derailment

The Jnaneshwari Express derailed on 28 May 2010 in West Midnapore district, West Bengal. It is believed that the track was bombed or sabotaged, damaging it.

Derailment
At that time The Communist Party of India (Maoist) arranged a four-day bandh in that area. State police said that the track of length about 46 cm was removed by the Maoist-Naxalites. At 1:30pm Jnaneshwari Super Deluxe Express train with 13 carriages which was travelling from Howrah to Mumbai derailed.

Casualties
At least 148 people were killed and over 200 others were injured. Compensation was announced Rs.5Lakhs for the family of the people who were killed.

References

Category:2010 crimes
Category:2010 disasters in Asia
Category:2010 in India
Category:Mass murder in Asia
Category:Mass murder in the 2010s
Category:May 2010 events
Category:2010s murders in India
Category:Railway accidents in India

Category:Terrorist incidents in India in the 2010s
Category:West Bengal
Category:2010s disasters in India