Report of the Railway Police Committee, 1921 (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1921), pp. 2–5

8. It is the public who suffer most from theft on the railway, and it was a complaint from the Upper India Chamber of Commerce that ultimately led to the appointment of the Committee. It seems appropriate therefore that the grievances of the public and of the commercial community in particular should be given first place in a discussion of the arrangements made for the protection of goods on the railways.