Government Railway Police

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Not to be confused with Railway Protection Force.

Government Railway Police
State Police
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The Government Railway Police (

IAST: Sarkārī Relve Pulis), abbreviated as GRP or simply Railway Police, is the force responsible for policing railway stations and trains of Indian Railways. Its duties correspond to those of the District Police in the areas under their jurisdiction, such as patrolling, but only on railway property. While the Railway Protection Force (RPF) comes under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, GRP comes under the respective state or union territory police. The GRP's responsibility is to observe law and order on all railway property, while RPF is mainly responsible for protecting and securing all railway property. Currently, even if a crime is detected by the RPF, the case has to be handed over to the GRP for further enquiry.[2][3]

Role

The primary role of the GRP is to observe law & order within

railway stations in India. They provide security and perform investigation of offences in trains and railway premises. GRP also renders any assistance required to railway officers and the Railway Protection Force.[4] Specific duties including control of passenger and commuter traffic, thus preventing overcrowding, controlling vehicle traffic within station premises, arresting criminals, and removing persons with disease and preventing hawking and begging. It also examines empty train carriages at the time of arrival at their termini for lost property left behind by passengers or stolen from trains and sees to the removal of bodies of persons who die on trains or near station premises and their medical needs.[5]

History

The Mumbai Railway District was established in the year 1938 under the name of Central South Western Railway (CSW Railway). Mumbai Railway Police Commissionerate covers the entire Railway Network starting from Gujarat border on Western Railways to Mumbai and from CSMT to Kasara and Khopoli stations on the Central Railway Network and from CSMT to Roha on the Harbour Railway Network.[6]

Meanwhile, on 1 November 1956, after the Central South Western Railway division,

Superintendent of Police of the district.[citation needed
]

As of 2022[update], the GRP in Mumbai falls under the

Maharashta Ministry of Home Affairs, headed by Devendra Fadnavis. Quaiser Khalid, IPS is Police Commissioner of the GRP in Mumbai, under the Maharashtra Police. There are 17 Railway Police Stations.[11]

See also

  • Railways Act 1989

References

  1. ^ Website
  2. ^ Press Trust of India. "MoS Railways dubs Railway Protection Force as 'toothless', demands more power for it". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  3. ^ Bibek Debroy. "Lesser-known facts about GRP and RPF". Business Standard. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Role of the GRP". indianrailways.gov.in. South Western Railway. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Role of GRP" (PDF). South Central Railways. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  6. ^ "About Us". mumbairlypolice.gov.in.
  7. ^ "1st May 1960: Formation of Maharashtra & Gujarat States". 1 May 2017.
  8. ^ a b "The Grand History of the Railway Police". The Protector. 30 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Mumbai Railway Police". mumbairlypolice.gov.in.
  10. ^ "Organizational Structure". mumbairlypolice.gov.in. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Mumbai Railway Police". mumbairlypolice.gov.in.