VIP security: Yogi government to upgrade fleet of bulletproof cars

UP cabinet clears Rs 230 million proposal to induct 95 new SUVs for escort duty

Even as security has been beefed in Uttar Pradesh in wake of the recent Amritsar terror attack, the Yogi Adityanath government is upgrading its fleet of bulletproof and police escort vehicles.

The Adityanath cabinet today approved the plan to induct 95 new Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) in the police escort fleet, including bulletproof vehicles. The plan would cost the exchequer almost Rs 230 million and comprise vehicles from the Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors stables.

Of the 95 new police escort vehicles, 16 would be deployed for security duty in Gorakhpur and Ghaziabad districts alone, UP health minister and government spokesperson