New Delhi: A purchase of 20 imported super bikes – Harley Davidson – had been recommended by the technical committee of Gujarat police for their officers. The committee has submitted its report to the Director-General of Police (DGP) for the purchase.
This is a part of preparations made for 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit to be held from 11th to 13th January 2015. President Pranav Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to solicit the event. Hence, security measures are being boosted beforehand.
According to a senior police official of Gandhinagar, seven Harley Davidson bikes of 750 to 1000cc are likely to be procured before this event and 13 more will be bought soon after.
"We could have procured more bikes before Vibrant Gujarat Summit but two companies out of the three said they would not be able to meet the deadline to fix special accessories and Gujarat police logo" said a police official preferring anonymity.
"Hence only seven from Harley Davidson are likely to be procured before Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Other bikes will be procured later on" he added.
One of them further added that these super bikes are being bought purposefully. They will be used to pilot VIPs and chasing runaways. "Trainers from the respective bike companies will coach a group of riders selected from Gujarat police for the super bikes," added a senior police official.
According to the sources in Police Bhavan in Gandhinagar, technical committee had reviewed super bikes of four companies, Harley Davidson, BMW, Hyo Sung – a bike manufactured by a South Korean Company and Triumph, a bike made by a British Company. Due to higher cost of BMW, Harley-Davidson was zeroed in for now.
“For the next lot we could take into consideration super bikes of other companies as suggested by the Technical committee”, said one of the officials.
