The Railway Police (or Government Railway Police) () is a specialized unit of the Bangladesh Police responsible for the security of rail properties and investigation of crimes committed on Bangladesh Railway properties.
Units Railway Police has six districts, Chattogram Railway Police, Syedpur Railway Police, Pakshi Railway Police, Dhaka Railway Police, Khulna Railway Police and Sylhet Railway Police. The force is led by an additional inspector general of Bangladesh Police. +List of police stations of GRPGRP DistrictGRP Police StationAdministrative Police StationAdministrative DistrictDhakaDhakaMotijheelDhakaMymensinghMymensingh SadarMymensinghJamalpurJamalpur SadarJamalpurBhairabBhairabKishoreganjKishoreganjKishoreganj SadarKishoreganjChattogramChattogramKotwaliChattogramChandpurChandpurChandpurLaksamLaksamCumillaSaidpurSaidpurSaidpurNilphamariLalmonirhatLalmonirhat SadarLalmonirhatParbatipurParbatipurDinajpurDinajpurDinajpur SadarDinajpurPakshiIshwardiIshwardiPabnaBonarparaSaghataGaibandhaRajshahiChandrimaRajshahiSantaharAdamdighiBoguraSirajganj BazarSirajganj SadarSirajganjKhulnaKhulnaKotwaliKhulnaRajbariRajbari SadarRajbariPoradahaMirpurKushtiaSylhetSylhetSouth SurmaSylhetAkhauraAkhauraBrahmanbariaSreemangalSreemangalMoulvibazarKulauraKulauraMoulvibazar
Former chiefs + Former Additional IGPs of Bangladesh Railway Police Name Term start Term end Reference Mohammad Abul Kashem 12 May 2016 19 November 2018 Md. Mohsin Hossain 19 November 2018 28 February 2021 Md. Didar Ahmed 25 May 2021 14 January 2024 Devdas Bhattacharya, BPM 13 March 2024 22 September 2024 Sardar Tamizuddin Ahmed, BPM 16 October 2024 16 September 2025 Zillur Rahman September 2025 current
Controversy The Railway Police, as of 2013, had 1600 personnel. In 2014, the government of Bangladesh announced plans to expand the railway force. 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.
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. 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.
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