We want super bikes to be banned in Delhi,” said the grieving father of Himanshu Bansal (24). Himanshu lost his life after his sports bike rammed into the wall of lady Irwin College at Sikander Road on Monday night. Police said that the deceased, Himanshu Bansal, was riding a super bike Benelli TNT 600i, which has got a 600 cc engine and can go up to 200 kilometres per hour.
“The roads in Delhi are not meant for super bikes. They are for foreign countries such as Australia and USA where the population is less,” said Suresh Bansal, Himanshu’s father, who runs a utensils manufacturing business in Jhilmil Colony in East Delhi. “We don’t want another family to suffer what we are going through” he said. Though police said Himanshu and his two friends could have been speeding that night, Bansal was sure that Himanshu never drove rashly and that he was only fond of bikes not speeding.
According to the family, they were not in favour of giving a bike to Himanshu. They offered him to get a car instead. But it was only when he insisted that they gave in to his demand for a sports bike. Himanshu bought the bike in November 2016 for Rs 7.25 lakh. Himanshu’s family said that their son was a part of a ‘super bike group’ but was not an active member.
“Himanshu had gone to purchase lights from a store in Connaught Place when he met with the accident. He was not associated with any bikers group,” Bansal said while adding that he had asked him to take Innova to CP but he preferred his bike as the car was parked inside. Himanshu was the second child of his parents and has an elder brother.