Overview

• Commemorations today saw railway staff and law enforcement lay wreaths and observe silence at all seven Western Line blast sites.
• The July 11, 2006 attacks involved seven synchronized pressure-cooker bombs loaded with RDX and ammonium nitrate that killed 188 commuters and injured over 700 within 11 minutes.
• Maharashtra’s Anti-Terrorism Squad tied the plot to Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives aided by the banned Students Islamic Movement of India based on witness testimony and forensic evidence.
• A special MCOCA court convicted 12 men in September 2015, handing down five death sentences and seven life terms, with executions on hold as appeals proceed.
• Western Railway and security forces have since reinforced suburban train safety through expanded CCTV networks, stricter entry checks and regular emergency drills.