A short write up on prevention of crime & security measures.1. Prevention and detection of crime committed against passengers travelling by train and their properties and also maintenance of law and order in the railway premises are the direct responsibilities of the Railway Police working under the administrative control of Inspector General, Bangladesh Police.
2. The general duties of the staff and jurisdiction of railway police have been enumerated in the police Regulations Bengal 1943. The duties as are under:-
(a) Control of passenger traffic inside the station premises more particularly on the platforms, in the booking offices, waiting halls at the entrance and exit gates and wherever specially required on emergencies by the station officials;
(b) The control of vehicular and other traffic in the station compound;
(c) The maintenance of law and order at stations and in the standing passengers train, prevention of over crowding, etc;
(d) Watching loaded passenger trains when standing in stations;
2. The general duties of the staff and jurisdiction of railway police have been enumerated in the police Regulations Bengal 1943. The duties as are under:-
(a) Control of passenger traffic inside the station premises more particularly on the platforms, in the booking offices, waiting halls at the entrance and exit gates and wherever specially required on emergencies by the station officials;
(b) The control of vehicular and other traffic in the station compound;
(c) The maintenance of law and order at stations and in the standing passengers train, prevention of over crowding, etc;
(d) Watching loaded passenger trains when standing in stations;