lucknow taking a lesson from the shaktiman police horse case in uttarakhand the uttar pradesh police is all set to provide protective gear to all horses of the mounted police stable in the state force the state police on friday said a committee was being constituted to look into the protective gear used by mounted police the world over and make the best suited variant available to state police horses soon there is protective gear for police horses like leg guards for the fore and hind limbs apart from a visorfitted face guard which provides protection to the eyes and nose said director general of police dgp javeed ahmed the state police chief said the department was looking into the availability of such protective gear once the procurement is complete after due sanction of the state government the gear will be provided to the 330odd horses available with the state police the protective gear will be a compulsory part of the mounted police except when the horses are engaged for ceremonial training or sports activities it will be mandatory for all horses of the mounted police engaged in mob control and law and order duties to be equipped with such gear while on duty the dgp said an uttarakhand police horse shaktiman was left with a broken limb in a brutal attack allegedly by a bjp legislator and his supporters during a protest late on thursday night the injured horse was provided with a temporary prosthetic leg after the gangrenous limb was amputated contrary to the popular perception that police horses are only used for training of officers and sports senior police officers said mounted police play a very important role in crowd management and mob control particularly during huge public gatherings they have been engaged for maintaining order during political rallies and public gatherings like kumbh mela and other congregations said a senior ips officer as per reports almost 200 horses were engaged for the kumbh mela in 2013 a temporary mounted police lines was also set up at allahabad during the mela