Vile Parle Station Bomb Blast

Location :- Mumbai, India.
Date :- January 27, 2003.
Time :- Around 6:00 pm.
Attack type :- Bombing.
Deaths :- 1(Female).
Injured :- 28.

On 27 January 2003 a bomb placed on a bicycle exploded near the busy marketplace outside Vile Parle station. The bomb killed 1 and injured 28.
The bomb is packed inside a bag containing wheat.

The blast occured when Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister of India at the time was to visit the city.

This is the second in a series of five bombings against the city within a period of eight months. Other bombings include.

Police Commissioner R S Sharma said an explosive appeared to have been placed on a bicycle, which was found completely destroyed, parked in the busy market place just outside on the eastern side of the station.
Most of the victims suffered minor injuries, he said. The injured have been taken to the Cooper and Nanavati hospitals nearby.