Shobhaa De Mumbai Police

Daulatram Jogawat, an inspector with Madhya Pradesh police at whom columnist Shobhaa De had poked fun over his obese physical condition in a tweet, is undergoing a series of tests at a hospital here to determine the diseases he suffers from and if bariatric surgery could help him, a statement said.

Two days ago, columnist Shobhaa De's tweet about an overweight policeman caused massive uproar on social media. Now, a 58-year-old policeman from Madhya Pradesh, photographed in the tweet, has expressed his unhappiness over the incident.

A day after Shobhaa De, columnist and author, came under heavy criticism for tweeting an image of an overweight man in uniform and mocked Mumbai police's "heavy" arrangements on the day of the BMC polls, she offered advice to the cop in picture, "consult a dietician".

A tweet by Shobhaa De, seen to be making fun of what she thought was an overweight personnel of the Mumbai Police, has triggered a storm of abuse and criticism on Twitter. The well-known author and columnist was accused of cracking jokes in bad taste and body shaming. Others pointed out that the photograph was even not of a Mumbai Police personnel,...

Daulatram Jogawat, an inspector with Madhya Pradesh police at whom columnist Shobhaa De had poked fun over his obese physical condition in a tweet, is undergoing a series of tests at a hospital here to determine the diseases he suffers from and if bariatric surgery could help him, a statement said.

Two days ago, columnist Shobhaa De's tweet about an overweight policeman caused massive uproar on social media. Now, a 58-year-old policeman from Madhya Pradesh, photographed in the tweet, has expressed his unhappiness over the incident.

A day after Shobhaa De, columnist and author, came under heavy criticism for tweeting an image of an overweight man in uniform and mocked Mumbai police's "heavy" arrangements on the day of the BMC polls, she offered advice to the cop in picture, "consult a dietician".

A tweet by Shobhaa De, seen to be making fun of what she thought was an overweight personnel of the Mumbai Police, has triggered a storm of abuse and criticism on Twitter. The well-known author and columnist was accused of cracking jokes in bad taste and body shaming. Others pointed out that the photograph was even not of a Mumbai Police personnel,...