The Siliguri GRP has asked for 500 extra personnel to tighten security along one of India’s most sensitive railway corridors known as the Chicken’s Neck.[1] The force sent a recruitment proposal to the state police headquarters seeking 400 constables and 100 officers at ASI and SI levels.[1] The force currently works with roughly 450 personnel, about 150 ASIs and SIs and 300 constables.[1]

Since July the force has seized around 800 kg of marijuana in its railway operations.[1] In the same period it also seized about 1,700 litres of alcohol, 9 kg of brown sugar, 6 kg of Yaba and 1,500 bottles of banned cough syrup.[1] The GRP registered 130 cases and arrested 130 people allegedly linked to these activities.[1] Of those cases, 65 involved drug trafficking and 51 were related to liquor smuggling.[1]

Its jurisdiction stretches from Murshidabad to Alipurduar and covers nearly 10 police stations and outposts between Malda and Alipurduar.[1] The force also provides security for 10 trains running from stations such as NJP and Alipurduar.[1] Siliguri GRP Superintendent of Police Indravadan Jha said the force was managing its responsibilities despite the limited manpower.[1] He reported that 65 consignments of narcotics and 51 consignments of liquor were seized over the past four months.[1]