Indian Police Told To Lose Weight Or Quit

In a tweet, GP Singh, the Director-General of Assam's police force, instructed all Assam police personnel to lose weight or quit.

A police official in the Indian state of Assam has told overweight police officers that their body mass index (BMI) is to be “professionally recorded” from mid-August and that officers in the “obese” category must reduce their BMI before November or retire from the force.

“We plan to give three months’ time to all Assam police personnel [bef...

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