Railway Police (Bangladesh)

The Railway Police (or Government Railway Police) (Bengali: রেলওয়ে পুলিশ) is a specialized unit of Bangladesh Police responsible for the security of rail properties and investigation of crimes committed on Bangladesh Railway properties.[1][2]

Railway Police
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Websitewww.police.gov.bd/en/railway_police

History

Railway Police has two ranges, Chittagong Railway Police and Saidpur Railway Police. The force is led by a Deputy Inspector General of Bangladesh Police.[3] The Railway Police, as of 2013, had 1600 personnel.[4] In 2014, the Government of Bangladesh announced plans to expand the railway force.[5] On 11 July 2016, a 65 year old veteran of Bangladesh Liberation war was beaten to death by members of Railway Police in Jamalpur Railway Police Station.[6]

In 2019, the Officer in Charge of Khulna Railway Police Station and other officers were accused of raping a woman and arresting her on false allegation. The court of the chief judicial magistrate sent an order to the Superintendent of Railway police in August 2019. Pakshey Railway Police and Railway Police headquarters opened two separate investigation on the allegation.[7] The victim filed a case against five police officers including the Officer-in-Charge, Osman Goni, with the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 on 24 September 2019. The court directed the Police Bureau of Investigation to investigate the case.[8][9]

References
  1. "Police and their responsibilities" (PDF). The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. "GRP, railway investigators differ over theft timing". The Daily Star. 31 March 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. "Bangladesh Police". police.gov.bd. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. "Railway seeks BGB help for security". The Daily Star. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. "রেলওয়ে পুলিশের জনবল বাড়বে: রেলমন্ত্রী". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. "Jamalpur freedom fighter dies in 'police torture'". The Daily Star. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. "Khulna Gang Rape: File an FIR against the accused cops". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  8. "5 Khulna railway cops sued". New Age. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. "Gang rape: Court accepts case against 5 Khulna railway policemen". Dhaka Tribune. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.


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