The force is led by an Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police.

[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.

The court of the chief judicial magistrate sent an order to the Superintendent of Railway police in August 2019.

[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.