In the evening peak hours of March 13, 2003 a bomb exploded in the Mumbai local train, disrupting the life-line and bringing the city to a halt. At 7.45 pm an explosion took place in the first class ladies' compartment of the local train as it approached Mulund railway station on Central railway network. 10 people were killed and 70 were injured in the explosion. The fatalities included four women passengers in the compartment, of which two were police constables and six men from the next compartment. 

The train was on its way to Karjat from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. Rail traffic on Central Railway was severely affected, in return keeping stranded thousands of commuters in the city. The explosion took place as the train entered Mulund railway station. The explosion had ripped open a part of the first-class compartment and the men who died were in the adjoining second-class compartment.