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{{Infobox civilian attack
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| location    = [[Arrah]], [[Bihar]], India
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| date        = {{start date|2015|01|23}}
| time        = 11:30 am
| timezone    = UTC + 5:30
| type        = [[suicide bombing]]
| fatalities  = 3 (including the bomber)
| injuries    = 7+
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| motive      = Help undertrial prisoners escape
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{{Terrorist attacks in India (since 2001)}}

On 23 January 2015, there was a bombing at the civil court premises of [[Ara, Bihar|Ara]], [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur district]], [[Bihar]], India.<ref name="HT2015">{{cite web | title=Bihar: Bomb blast in Arrah court premises, one feared dead, seven injured | publisher=Hindustan Times| date=23 January 2015| url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-bomb-blast-in-ara-court-premises-one-feared-dead-seven-injured/article1-1309859.aspx | accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Zee News 2015">{{cite web | title=Ara civil court blast: 3 dead; all aspects being probed, says Bihar Police | website=Zee News | date=23 January 2015 | url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/ara-civil-court-blast-3-dead-all-aspects-being-probed-says-bihar-police_1534968.html | accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref>

==Blast==
There was a blast in the civil court premises around 11:35 am [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]. A suspected woman might have carried out the suicide bombing as per initial findings. Two persons along with the woman were killed in the blast, one of them was a police constable. At least seven more people were injured in the attack.<ref name="HT2015"/><ref name="Zee News 2015"/> Taking advantage of the chaos following the blast, two criminals under trial who were brought to the court for a hearing fled the premises.<ref name="Nanjappa 2015">{{cite web | last=Nanjappa | first=Vicky | title=Bihar explosion aimed at helping prisoners flee? | website=www.oneindia.com | date=23 January 2015| url=http://www.oneindia.com/india/bihar-explosion-aimed-at-helping-prisoners-flee-1630263.html | accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="smh.com.au 2015">{{cite web | title=Blast kills two in India as security tightened for Republic Day | website=smh.com.au | date=23 January 2015 | url=http://m.smh.com.au/world/blast-kills-two-in-india-as-security-tightened-for-republic-day-20150123-12x6is.html | accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref>

==Investigation==
[[Bihar Police]] searched the whole court premises.<ref name="HT2015"/><ref name="Zee News 2015"/>
The police arrested [[Sunil Pandey]], the [[Janata Dal (United)]] politician, in connection with the crime.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jdu-mla-sunil-pandey-arrested/article7412409.ece</ref>

Additional Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey said the woman was carrying the bomb in her purse and it had exploded accidentally, denying she was a suicide bomber. The woman was identified as Rina Gaudh, the district magistrate of Bhojpur said she was trying to help two prisoners escape, she didn't carry out a terror attack.<ref>https://www.deccanherald.com/content/455445/woman-triggered-bomb-blast-bihar.html</ref>

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[[Category:Suicide bombings in 2015]]
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[[Category:2010s in Bihar]]
[[Category:2010s murders in India]]
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[[Category:January 2015 events in India]]
[[Category:Arrah]]
[[Category:Crime in Bihar]]
[[Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in India]]