The Central Railway in a press release on Monday said that the Railway Protection Force --- which is responsible for the security of railway property and passengers -- is taking all possible steps to beef up the security measures and that one of the security measures is its "Dog Squad". Central Railway, Railway Protection Force, Mumbai division has an "efficient team of well-trained sniffer dogs as part of its Dog Squad".

According to Central Railway, there are 29 such Canine Heroes of which 18 are deployed for the detection of bombs and explosives, four are deployed for detection of narcotics and 7 are deployed for crime investigation.