Section 246(d) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(d)Use of railway telegraphs and control telephones in emergencies. - With a view to assisting the police in the prevention of crime, the Railway Board have issued instructions to railway officials to the effect that information regarding any occurrence endangering to the human life, servants of the Crown, or Crown property should be despatched forthwith by railway telegraph to the Superintendent and if possible to the nearest police-station, even in circumstances where the informant is unable to tender payment for the message, and that where transmission by telephone is likely to be the quicker method, the control telephones should be utilized for this purpose. The cost of such telegrams if not paid by the informant may be recovered from the Provincial Government.
