Who likes to be fat, asks cop shamed by Dé
NEEMUCH: A policeman who was fat-shamed by writer Shobha De on Twitter spoke out on Wednesday and said his 180-kilo weight was due to an insulin imbalance, “not because I overeat”.
Dé had posted a photograph of Daulatram Jogawat with the caption, ‘heavy police bandobast in Mumbai today’ but was soon panned by many users.
Jogawat is an inspector with the Madhya Pradesh police and is posted at Neemuch police lines.
“It (this weight) is due to my illness that I am so fat, and not due to overeating. I had gall bladder operation in 1993 and I developed insulin imbalance which resulted in my obesity,” Jogawat said.
Perhaps hurt by Dé’s taunt, he said: “If madam wants, she can pay for my treatment. Who doesn’t want to be thin?”
Jogewat said he would talk to his seniors about the mockery over his obesity. “It is up to them to take a call on the recourse I should take,” said the policeman, who is scheduled to retire in 2019.
Soon after Shobha De’s tweet, Mumbai police had tweeted back saying the man in the picture did not belong to their force.
“We love puns too Ms De. but, this one is totally misplaced. Uniform /official not ours. We expect better from response.”
Neemuch SP Manoj Kumar Singh said though Jogawat is obese, he is dedicated towards his duty and his investigations have often won praise from the court. “He also performed creditably during the rigorous Simhasta in Ujjain for a month,” the SP said.