Rafiganj train wreck

Rafiganj train crash
Rafiganj train wreck is located in Bihar
Rafiganj train wreck
Location in Bihar, India
Details
Date10 September 2002
22:40
LocationRafiganj,
Bihar, India
Coordinates24°49′54″N 84°30′42″E / 24.8317°N 84.5117°E / 24.8317; 84.5117
Incident typeDeliberate derailment of train
Statistics
Deaths130–200
Injured150+

The Rafiganj rail disaster was the derailment of a train on a bridge over the Dhave River in North-Central India, on 10 September 2002. At least 130 people were killed in the crash, which was attributed in some reports to sabotage by a local Maoist terrorist group, the Naxalites.


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