The Government Railway Police (IAST: Sarkārī Relve Pulis), abbreviated as GRP, 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 Railway Protection Force (RPF) comes under 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. 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. 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. 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. Meanwhile, on 1 November 1956, after the Central South Western Railway division, Nagpur Railway District came into existence and Shri. R.R. Harnagade (IPS) was appointed as the Superintendent of Police of this district. Then in the year 1960, Mumbai, Gujarat and Karnataka were divided and Maharashtra was formed. Subsequently, on 1 May 1981, the Central South Western Railway District was re-divided and two districts, Mumbai Railway and Pune Railway, came into existence. At that time, the first Superintendent of Police of Mumbai Railway District was Mr Vishwas Kale (IPS) and the first Superintendent of Police of Pune Railway District