India, June 23 -- Around 31% of deceased bodies found within the premises of the Mumbai suburban Railways in the past decade remain unidentified and unclaimed, according to the Government Railway Police (GRP).

Responding to a Right To Information (RTI) query filed by Dr Sarosh Mehta, a railways activist, the GRP said that from 2014 to 2024, 18,836 people died on the Central Railways (CR) and 25,846 on the Western Railways (WR). From these, 5,524 on the CR and 8,416 on WR remained unidentified. These numbers add up to over 13,940 unidentified bodies among 44,682 deceased.

GRP data says that on an average at least seven people die on the railway premises everyday. GRP officers said that when they find a dead body on the railway premises, ...