MUMBAI: Police inspector
Daulat Ram Jogawat
(58) from Madhya Pradesh, a victim of fat-shaming on Twitter, arrived in the city on Sunday to undergo treatment for
obesity
.
While several hospitals and clinics from across the country dashed to treat him, the Centre for Obesity and Digestive Surgery (CODS) almost-dramatically beat the others.
Jogawat, who weighs around 180 kilos, has been a victim of social media banter for three years.He came back into limelight after author Shobhaa De posted his picture with the caption “Heavy police bandobast in Mumbai..."
Netizens slammed her for “fatshaming“ Jogawat, who is set to retire in 2019. He has won over 200 awards, his superiors said.
Neemuch district superintendent of police Manoj Singh said, “The MP police was planning to take care of his treatment, but we were swarmed by offers from hospitals across the country . We got offers from VLCC, a clinic in Indore and bariatric surgeon Dr Mufazzal Lakdawala, among several others.“
Earlier, Jogawat had said, “I became fat when my gall bladder was removed in 1993. She (Shobhaa De) posted my picture on her account but will she pay for my treatment“. Sources said he was also suffering from an insulin-related disorder.
(Inputs by Prateek Goyal)
Sumitra Deb Roy is a health journalist with more than 17 years of...
Read MoreSumitra Deb Roy is a health journalist with more than 17 years of experience across India’s leading newspapers. She is currently a senior assistant editor with the Times of India, where she has extensively covered the Covid-19 pandemic and highlighted the unprecedented challenges faced by the health systems in Mumbai and Maharashtra. She recently co-authored a book titled “Mumbai Fights Back” that chronicles the city’s battle with Covid-19. She holds a postgraduate degree in journalism from the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai and a bachelor’s in political science from Calcutta University.
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