Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik finally walked out of jail after 26 days on Wednesday. After walking out of the jail, Pinki said that she was being framed on rape charges by her live-in partner. "I will consult my lawyer and decide my next course of action. I have been framed and that woman is still trying to frame me," Pinki said. Pinki was granted bail by the...
10:03 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of raping a woman, is likely to be released from a Dum Dum Central Correctional Home in Kolkata on Wednesday. She was granted bail by the North 24 Parganas district court on Tuesday. Pinki was arrested on June 14 following allegations of rape against her. The former middle-distance runner, who had won the 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha Asian Games,...
06:45 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of raping a woman, has been granted bail by the North 24 Parganas district court on Tuesday. Pinki was arrested on June 14 following allegations of rape against her. The former middle-distance runner, who had won the 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha Asian Games, has been accused of being a male and of allegedly raping her live-in partner. Her 30-year-old...
01:22 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Friday pleaded ignorance about the complaint made by Asiad gold medalist Pinki Pramanik of atrocities inflicted on her in custody and demand for justice, as the Opposition's move to raise the issue in the Assembly was rejected on the ground of it being sub-judice. "I have not received anything from Pinki Pramanik's family, nor from any sports organisation. Nobody has talked to me or...
04:45 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Kolkata: In a relief for athlete Pinki Pramanik, the Calcutta High court has ordered a probe into the alleged violation of her rights. The court has asked cyber crime experts to probe the rights violation. The court has also asked the government to file an affidavit against the allegations of the rights violation within two weeks. The Calcutta High Court was hearing a PIL filed against the violation of Pinki...
03:26 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Even as Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik fights a legal battle after accused of being a male and arrested for alleged rape, a video showing the athlete completely naked and undergoing tests at a private nursing home has gone viral online. On Face The Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts - has Pinki Pramanik's dignity been violated? Here is the full transcript of the...
10:23 AM, Jul 06, 2012
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...
08:17 AM, Jul 06, 2012
The protesters blame government's insensitivity, questioning how an MMS of Pinki undergoing a gender determination test went viral in the first place. ...
11:22 PM, Jul 05, 2012
Activists question how an MMS of Pinki Pramanik undergoing a gender determination test went viral. ...
11:30 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Kolkata: Human rights activists are now demanding justice for athlete Pinki Pramanik who has been charged with rape and is undergoing gender determination tests in Kolkata. The protesters blame government's insensitivity in handling the case, questioning how an MMS of Pinki undergoing a gender determination test went viral in the first place. Pramanik is in jail on charges of raping a woman. But the middle distance runner who won a...
10:06 PM, Jul 04, 2012
New Delhi: After the uproar over arrested athlete Pinki Pramanik's video which was allegedly taken during her gender test, human rights activists now want her to be shifted to a women's cell, until her results are out. Pramanik's lawyers say that her live-in partner, who had claimed the sprinter raped and tortured her, may have recorded the video clip. Human rights activists have filed a complaint and demanded that Pinki...
11:59 AM, Jul 04, 2012
Kolkata: Alleging sexual harassment of Asiad gold medalist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently under judicial custody for "rape", a civil rights group on Tuesday sought West Bengal rights panel's help in the case. Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) has requested the West Bengal Human Rights Commission's intervention in the matter. "Until proved otherwise, Pinki is a female and the way the police are...
08:00 AM, Jul 04, 2012
Kolkata: Even as Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik fights a legal battle after accused of being a male and arrested for alleged rape, a video showing the athlete completely naked and undergoing tests at a private nursing home has gone viral online. The 29-second clip was reportedly circulated after Pinki underwent a gender verification test at a private nursing home in North 24 Parganas district where the sprinter was...
08:35 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medalist Pinki Pramanik's blood samples were collected today to determine the gender of the athlete who was arrested in June on charges of alleged rape. The athlete has been accused of being a male, and is currently under judicial custody for alleged rape. "Pinki was brought under police custody to collect the blood sample required for the karyotyping test (to determine the choromosom pattern). The sample...
10:59 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Kolkata: A West Bengal court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male, and sent the athlete to judicial custody till July 12 for alleged rape. "The court of chief judicial magistrate, Barasat, (North 24-Parganas) Anita Mathur, rejected the bail plea of Pinki and remanded her to further judicial custody till July 12," the athlete's counsel Tuhin Roy said. The...
06:06 PM, Jun 29, 2012
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11:57 PM, Jun 25, 2012
New Delhi: Athlete Pinki Pramanik is likely to undergo another gender verification test in Kolkata on Monday. An 11-member medical team will conduct the tests at SSKM hospital. The results of the tests will be submitted to the Chiej Judicial Magistrate's Court. Pinki was arrested last after a woman filed a police complaint alleging that Pinki is actually a man and had raped her. earlier, Pramanik was remanded to 14...
11:11 AM, Jun 25, 2012
Kolkata: The gender of Asian Games gold medalist Pinki Pramanik could not be established at the Barasat General Hospital on Tuesday as it did not have the facilities, and the case was sought to be referred to the better equipped SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. "There was ambiguity in the reports we got. We don't have the facilities for chromosome and hormone tests. We did the ultrasonography, but all the tests...
07:44 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games athletics gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male and currently remanded to judicial custody for alleged rape, underwent a gender determination test on Monday, the result of which will be declared Tuesday, police said. "Pramanik today (Monday) underwent a gender determination test at the Barasat Sub-Divisional Hospital (North 24 Parganas) for which a six-member medical board was constituted. The board will give its verdict Tuesday,"...
07:03 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Kolkata: Former Asian Games gold medallist quarter-miler Pinki Pramanik, who was arrested on rape charges after being accused of being a male, was on Friday remanded to 14 days judicial custody. The Eastern Railway athlete, who was a part of the Indian 4x400m women's relay team, was on Friday produced at the sub-divisional judicial magistrate's court that instructed the chief medical health officer to conduct gender verification test. Dr Sukanta...
01:07 PM, Jun 16, 2012
