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|title = 1st Ghatkopar Bus Bombing<br />
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|location = [[Mumbai, India]]<br />
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|map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|19.05|N|72.55|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
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|date = 2 December 2002<br />
|time = 18:45 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|timezone = [[UTC+05:30]]<br />
|type = [[Bombing]]<br />
|fatalities = 2<br />
|injuries = 50}}<br />
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At 18:45 IST on Monday, 2 December 2002, a bomb placed under a seat of a [[B.E.S.T.]] bus exploded near the busy [[Ghatkopar]] station. The bomb was placed in the rear of a bus near the station and killed two people and injured over 50. Ghatkopar being the final stop, all the passengers in the bus had just alighted and passengers for the return trip had not yet entered the bus. The people who were killed were those present in the busy station area.<ref name="one">[https://archive.today/20130731104612/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2002/12/03/stories/2002120304260100.htm 3 killed in Mumbai blast ''The Hindu'',3 December 2002. ''Retrieved on 31 July 2013'']</ref><ref name="two">[http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/dec/02mum.htm Blast outside Ghatkopar station in Mumbai, 2 killed ''Rediff'' 2 December 2002, ''Retrieved on 31 July 2013'']</ref><ref name=conv>[http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/11blast.htm Ghatkopar blast: All accused acquitted ''Rediff'', 11 June 2005, ''Retrieved on 1 August 2013'']</ref><br />
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Later, the police defused an unexploded bomb from another BEST bus in SEEPZ industrial area at Andheri.<ref name="one"/><br />
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The police arrested several young men for the blast. All were acquitted in the subsequent trial.<ref name=conv/> One of the arrested Khwaja Yunus, allegedly escaped from the police custody. Now it is held that Khwaja Yunus died in police custody of torture.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1674324/report-khwaja-yunus-hc-relief-for-10-cops-but-state-told-to-pay-rs20-lakh Khwaja Yunus: HC relief for 10 cops, but state told to pay Rs20 lakh ''DNA'' 11 April 2012, ''Retrieved on 1 Aug 2013'']</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/2002-ghatkopar-bomb-blast-khwaja-yunus-encounter-custodial-death/1/176011.html Ghatkopar blast case: Khwaja Yunus died of cold water, reveals encounter specialist ''India Today'', 1 March 2012, ''Retrieved on 1 August 2013'' ]</ref> The accused policemen are being tried in a fast track court.<br />
<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Court-to-hear-Khwaja-Yunus-case-on-January-18/articleshow/17956746.cms | title=Court to hear Khwaja Yunus case on January 18 | newspaper=The Times of India | date=9 January 2013 | first=Rebecca | last=Samervel | accessdate=4 November 2018 }}</ref><br />
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This was the first in a series of five bombings against the city within a period of less than nine months. Other bombings included:<br />
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* [[27 January 2003 Mumbai bombing]]<br />
* [[2003 Mumbai train bombing]]<br />
* [[2003 Mumbai bus bombing]]<br />
* [[25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of terrorist incidents, 2002]]<br />
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