Pinki Pramanik arrested for rape
16 Jun 2012 8:36 AM GMT
Asian Games gold medal-winning athlete Pinki Pramanik, first detained and subsequently arrested on charges of 'rape' after being accused of being a man, was presented in a West Bengal court Friday by the police seeking an order for a gender determination test in a government hospital.
'Pramanik was formally arrested on charges of rape and assault late Thursday night. She is being produced before a court Friday. After her refusal on Thursday we again will press for a gender determination test,' Commissioner of Police Bidhannagar [North 24 Parganas] said.
Pramanik was arrested after the athlete's live-in partner, a divorcee and a mother of one, lodged a police complaint accusing Pramanik of being a man who has been repeatedly raping and torturing her.
Following the complaint, Pramanik was taken to a private nursing home for a medical check-up where the test reports showed that the athlete was indeed a male.
'The reports conducted by us show that Pramanik is a male,' said Subrata Mukherjee of Uma Nursing Home where the test was conducted.
On a court's order when Pramanik was taken for a test to a government hospital, she refused to undergo the check-up saying it was a conspiracy.
Pramanik won gold in the 4x400 metres relay at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha [Qatar]. She was a silver medallist at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games the same year.
Now a ticket collector with the Eastern Railway, the athlete retired from athletics three years ago.
'Pramanik was formally arrested on charges of rape and assault late Thursday night. She is being produced before a court Friday. After her refusal on Thursday we again will press for a gender determination test,' Commissioner of Police Bidhannagar [North 24 Parganas] said.
Pramanik was arrested after the athlete's live-in partner, a divorcee and a mother of one, lodged a police complaint accusing Pramanik of being a man who has been repeatedly raping and torturing her.
Following the complaint, Pramanik was taken to a private nursing home for a medical check-up where the test reports showed that the athlete was indeed a male.
'The reports conducted by us show that Pramanik is a male,' said Subrata Mukherjee of Uma Nursing Home where the test was conducted.
On a court's order when Pramanik was taken for a test to a government hospital, she refused to undergo the check-up saying it was a conspiracy.
Pramanik won gold in the 4x400 metres relay at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha [Qatar]. She was a silver medallist at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games the same year.
Now a ticket collector with the Eastern Railway, the athlete retired from athletics three years ago.
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