When a cop chases a thief, who will win? Naturally the thief. Because he is used to running and the cop is not. While policemen like the military men are expected to be fit, we find most cops dragging their feet heavily, unable to carry the weight of their own tummies. When N T Rama Rao became the Chief Minister, he was shocked to find policemen with unusually big bellies standing in the first row of a police parade. Known for his frankness, he angrily questioned them how they would chase a thief. He told them to become fit or perish.
Though no policeman reduced his flab, at least in NTR’s meetings, police bosses used to post slim and fit cops to give an impression to the Chief Minister that tummies were already melted. A policeman with a fit body and a neat turnout would instill confidence among people. Shabby dresses and flabby bodies instead make them laughing stock. People often make caustic comments that the cops grow such pot bellies because they swallow corrupt money. Now Police boss Dinesh Reddy also found it awkward that policemen were growing bellies. He directed them to melt those pot bellies, pronto. Now fat cops are running to gyms to melt those bodies grown with years of indiscriminate eating and rest.
