Since 26/11, railway police have received only 8 bullet-proof vests

Over two years after the busy Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus witnessed a bloodbath during the 26/11 attacks, the police guarding railway stations on terror groups' radar have received only eight out of 220 requested bullet-proof jackets.
   
"Following the Mumbai terror attacks, the government decided to give us bullet-proof jackets. We requested for 220 jackets, but so far we have received just eight," said Tukaram Chavan, Police Commissioner (Government Railway Police).

The delay in procurement is because formalities are taking a long time for completion, Chavan said.

"We hope to receive more jackets very soon."
   
The Mumbai's suburban railway network ferries more than seven million commuters daily.

The GRP has a total of 35,000 personnel guarding the railway stations round the clock in the metropolis. Apart from the GRP, the Railway Protection Force has also been deployed to guard the railway network.
   
During the 2008 attacks, Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and his associate Abu Ismail barged into the CST station, one of the busiest in India, and indiscriminately fired at people killing more than 50.