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Police Commissioner assures no threat to Commonwealth Games; top security firms line up their products

Police Commissioner assures no threat to Commonwealth Games; top security firms line up their products

There is no terror threat to the upcoming Commonwealth Games and the Hockey World Cup, Delhi Police Commissioner YS Dadwal has assured the Delhiites.

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister MS Gill at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range
after it was opened in New Delhi on January 31, 2010. The stadium will host
shooting event during the Commonwealth Games in Octoberu00a0File photo

The two mega sporting events are scheduled to be held in October and this month respectively.

The World Cup hockey will be held at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium near India Gate from February 28 to March 12 in which 12 teams including hockey majors India, Pakistan, Germany, Australia and the Netherlands.

While 71 countries will participate in the Commonwealth Games to be held in various stadia in the city. The renewed security concerns over the sporting events came following a speech by Hafiz Abdur Rahman Makki, leader of terror outfit amalgam Jamaat-ul-Dawah, in which he named Pune, Delhi and Kanpur as "fair targets" of jehadis. Among them, Pune has already witnessed a bomb blast.

Assurances notwithstanding, the global security agencies are showing a keen interest in the Commonwealth Games to get a foothold in the Indian security market.

Disaster-proof

An UK-based chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection solution manufacturer has offered a reconnaissance vehicle for use during the major sports event in October this year. Vasus, as the CBRN vehicle produced by the Tata's in India is called, has been showcased during the ongoing DefExpo in Delhi. "We have offered this vehicle, which can detect any leak of deadly chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear substances within a five-km radius, to the Home Ministry and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for use during the Commonwealth Games," Bruker Detection's representative said.

A number of firms from US, UK, Israel are wooing the security forces with a range of products like surveillance systems, intelligence software, locking systems and bullet proof jackets.

"There are a lot of products mainly related to Homeland services which can help government in many ways. We are approaching security agencies and other concerned authorities to get some business association," said Offer Einav, CEO of Tops-Securegate, a joint venture between two Indian and Israeli firms. Einav is pitching for its TriGate to help in intelligence mapping and identification of threats and loopholes in protecting assets, infrastructure and sites.