Role of GRP - Inputs Needed
Below are the duties of Government Railway Police (GRP). Please review them and share any suggestions you have on GRP responsibilities. Please note the primary role of RPF is to protect and secure Railway Property.
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Ministry of Railways
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Duties and Role of GRP
The duties of the Government Railway Police as regards the areas in their jurisdiction correspond in general to those of the District Police in the areas under their charge. The Government Railway Police have in addition the following special duties:
(i) to maintain order at railway stations and in trains. The term “Order” duties comprises:–
control of passenger traffic within station premises, especially on platforms, in booking offices, waiting halls, at entrance and exit gates and wherever specially required in emergencies by the station officials;
control of vehicular and other traffic in station precincts;
Maintenance of order in passenger trains halted at stations and prevention of over-crowding in carriages;
Supervision of loaded passenger trains standing in station;
arrest of persons guilty of committing nuisance, removal of persons suffering from infectious diseases and keeping of station premises clear of beggars;
examination of empty carriages on arrival at terminal stations for property left behind by passengers and inspection of carriages with a view to seeing that fittings have not been tampered with;
removal of bodies of persons who dies in trains or on station premises and conveyance to hospital of sick passengers;
(ii) to report to the proper authorities railway or civil the commission of offences under the Railways Act, and cases of fraud or oppression on the part of railway personnel;
(iii) to enquire into accidents on railway;
(iv) to render assistance to railway officers and to the traveling public in so far as the rendering of such assistance is compatible with their own duties as Police officers. more