Umukuru wa polisi muri iyo leta yavuze ku igipimo cy'uburemere bw'umubiri hashingiwe ku ndeshyo â€" ibizwi nka 'Body Mass Index' (BMI) cyangwa 'Indice de Masse Corporelle' (IMC) â€" "kizapimwa mu buryo bwa kinyamwuga" guhera hagati mu kwezi kwa Kanama (8) uyu mwaka.
Abapolisi bari mu cyiciro cy'"umubyibuho ukabije" bazahita bahabwa igihe kitarenze mu kwezi kw'Ugushyingo (11) ngo babe bamaze kugabanya ibiro cyangwa basezere muri polisi ku bushake.
GP Singh, umukuru wa polisi muri leta ya Assam, yavuze ko abafite ibibazo by'ubuzima bazasonerwa.
Mu butumwa bwo kuri Twitter, Singh yavuze ko azaba uwa mbere muri polisi mu gufatwa igipimo cya BMI.
Mu byumweru bishize, minisitiri mukuru wa leta ya Assam yavuze ko abapolisi bagera hafi kuri 300 bo muri iyo leta bazasabwa kuva muri polisi imburagihe kuko ari "abanywi babigize akamenyero" kandi "badashoboye ku mubiri".
Yavuze ko ibyo biri muri gahunda yo "gukura ab'imburamukoro muri polisi".
Ubushakashatsi bwagaragaje ko abapolisi bo mu Buhinde akenshi bakora amasaha menshi kandi ahindagurika, ntibabone igihe gikwiye cy'ikiruhuko.
Mu mwaka wa 2018, abapolisi b'inkeragutabara (basezerewe ariko bashobora kwitabazwa bibaye ngombwa) bo muri leta ya Karnataka, na bo basabwe kugabanya ibiro cyangwa bagahagarikwa ku kazi.
Icyo gihe umutegetsi wo hejuru yari yabwiye BBC ko icyo cyemezo cyafashwe kuko abapolisi benshi bapfuye bishwe n'"indwara zifitanye isano n'imibereho", nk'ibibazo by'umutima na diyabete (indwara y'isukari nyinshi mu mubiri) mu mezi 18 yari ashize.
BMI ibarwa hafatwa uburemere bw'umuntu kugabanya indeshyo ye yikubye n'uwo mubare wayo â€" ni ukuvuga 'au carré' cyangwa 'squared'.
BMI ikoreshwa n'abaganga benshi ku isi mu kwemeza niba umuntu afite ubuzima bwiza, cyangwa afite ibiro birengeje urugero cyangwa umubyibuho ukabije.
Ariko BMI ni n'ingingo iteza impaka zikomeye. Inzobere nyinshi mu buvuzi zivuga ko gukoresha BMI nk'igipimo cy'ubuzima, bifite inenge kuko bidatanga amakuru y'ukuri, ndetse ntibibe bishingiye kuri siyansi kandi bikaba ari uburyo bwakorewe abazungu b'abagabo, b'Abanyaburayi.
