Former athlete Pinki Pramanik gets bail
July 10th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, July 10 (IANS) A West Bengal court Tuesday granted bail to Asiad gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, who after being accused of being a male had been under judicial custody since June 15 for alleged rape, the athlete’s counsel said.
“Pinki was granted bail today by the court district judge North 24 Parganas on a personal bond of Rs.5,000,” Tuhin Roy, the counsel, told IANS.
Reports of a chromosomal test to determine Pramanik’s gender are also slated to be submitted before the court by the SSKM Hospital. An 11-member medical board was constituted to conduct the tests.
Pramanik was arrested June 14 and remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody by a court June 15 after the athlete’s live-in partner, a divorcee and a mother of one, filed a police complaint accusing the athlete of being a male who repeatedly “raped and tortured” her.
Subsequent to the arrest, Pramanik was taken to a private nursing home for a medical check-up where the test reports claimed that the athlete was indeed a male.
Pramanik, however, claimed innocence and said it was a conspiracy.
Pramanik, who retired from athletics three years ago, won gold in the 4×400 metres relay at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha in Qatar. The runner was a silver medallist at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games the same year.
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- Pinki released from jail, alleges being framed (Lead) - Jul 11, 2012
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- Pinki alleges harassment in police custody (Second Lead) - Jul 11, 2012
- Pinki's gender test report reaches hospital - Jul 09, 2012
- Pinki files theft complaint against live-in partner - Jul 15, 2012
- Pinki undergoes sex test (Lead) - Jun 19, 2012
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