Assam Police officers to get fit in 3 months or get fired

The Assam police have decided to conduct a fitness survey of cops said State police Chief Gyanendra Pratap Singh on Tuesday.

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Assam: The Assam police have decided to conduct a fitness survey of cops and will start offering voluntary retirement to all obese personnel if they fail to reduce their weight by this November, said State Police Chief Gyanendra Pratap Singh on Tuesday. The decision was taken under the direction of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The move was in line with instructions from CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, who also holds the home portfolio, according to Singh, the director general of police (DGP). He mentioned that all police officers, including those from the Indian Police Service (IPS), will have their BMI recorded “professionally.”

“We plan to give three months’ time to all Assam police personnel including IPS and Assam Police Service (APS) officers till August 15 and then start BMI assessment in the next 15 days,” Singh said on Twitter.

“All those who are in obese (BMI 30+) category would be offered another three months’ time to reduce weight (till November end) and after that VRS (voluntary retirement scheme) option, except those who have genuine medical ground like thyroidism etc.,” he added.

DGP Singh said that he would be the first to take the BMI recording on August 16.

The chief minister made the announcement on April 30 that police officers who are obese, regularly drink, or have corruption cases against them would be offered the choice of VRS or the compulsory retirement scheme (CRS).

“Three hundred officers and jawans (in the state police) are habitual drinkers, and excess consumption of alcohol has damaged their bodies. We have the provision of VRS for them,” Sarma had said.

In April, the chief minister said that around 300 officers and personnel of the Assam Police would be handed retirement due to their problems with alcoholism.

A few days prior to that announcement, the CM, in a meeting with senior police officers, had instructed them to “remove deadwood from the force” to make the state police a fitter organisation.

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