BOMBAY: Security at the Tarapur nuclear power station had been tightened following the explosion of a country made bomb near Palghar railway station of the western railway, a few kilometers away from the Tarapur power station, on Tuesday.
A 50 year old woman residing in a hutment colony near the railway station died in the blast. The bomb, made out of an empty tin box, had been planted a little away from the railway lines, police said.
A bomb like object had also been sighted a few feet away from the place of the explosion, hidden under a heap of wooden railway sleepers.
Security measures had also been tightened at the Tarapur Industrial estate, Palghar railway depot and other important installations in the area, police added.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 27, 1990
