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Calcutta HC to hear PIL in the Pinki Pramanik case

CNN-IBN | Updated Jul 06, 2012 at 10:52am IST

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Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court will on Friday hear a PIL filed against violation of athlete Pinki Pramanik's human rights. The PIL filed by RS Chattopadhyay has hit out at still keeping her in police custody.

On Tuesday, the West Bengal Human Rights Commission ordered a probe into the allegations of human right violations of the athlete and sought a report within a week from the state police chief and the state home secretary.

Pinki Pramanik has been accused of being a male and raping her former partner and is currently in judicial custody.

An MMS of her alleged medical test had also gone viral on the internet.

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Pinki Pramanik

Pinki Pramanik is an Indian track athlete who specialises in the 400 metres and 800 metres. Pramanik had success with the national 4×400 metres relay team, winning silver at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, gold at the 2006 Asian Games, and ...

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