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(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, create one or more special railway police districts with required number of Railway Police Sub- Divisions and railway police stations consisting of such railway lines and other railway areas in the State as it may notify, and appoint a Superintendent of Police, one or more Assistant and Deputy Superintendents of Police and such other police officers for policing such district in the manner as may be prescribed or may notify one or more police stations in each police district to police the railway lines and other railway establishments within their area. (2) The police stations as may be notified shall be responsible for prevention, detection and investigation of crime, enforcement of law and maintenance of order in trains passing through their area, in railway lines area and other railway area falling in their jurisdiction in the manner as may be prescribed. State Intelligence and 16. The State Police shall have a State Intelligence Wing for collection, collation, Criminal Investigation Wings. analysis and dissemination of intelligence and a separate State Crime Investigation Wing for collection, collation and analysis of criminal intelligence and for investigating, heinous crime with inter-state, inter district ramifications, major economic offences, cyber crime and other cases of serious nature as may be prescribed. Technical and Support 17. (1) The State Government shall create and maintain such specialised and Service. technical agencies and services, under the Director General of Police as considered necessary or expedient for promoting efficiency of police service. (2) The services so created shall include a full fledged Forensic Science Laboratory at the State Level, and a Finger Print Bureau, the State Crime Record Bureau, Telecommunication Wing and such other establishments as may be required from time to time. The Director General of Police may hire or engage services of any person or body of persons qualified for this purpose on contractual basis. (3) The State Police shall have a Research Wing to undertake specific studies relating to policing and crime in the State. The Director General of Police may hire or engage services of any person or body qualified for this purpose on contractual basis. Police Training