| Government Railway Police | |
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| Abbreviation | GRP |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1881 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | India |
| Legal jurisdiction | Respective State |
| Primary governing body | Respective State Governments |
| Secondary governing body | Ministry of Railways |
| Constituting instrument | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by | Home Department of respective state or union territory. |
| Minister responsible |
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| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | 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]
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