New Delhi: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, described as male in a police chargesheet which also accused her of rape, on Wednesday said that she had not done anything wrong. She also blamed the police for torturing her.
"Everybody who said that they will support me is now keeping quiet. I feel bad about this. I have not anything wrong. Why am I being tortured? I feel like committing suicide. Police is torturing me," she said.
She also said that the police have some vested interest in harassing her. "Sports Ministry also sent me a telegram saying that they will support me. I don't understand why no body is speaking for me. I feel hurt. I have not done anything to Anamika (complainant). I won a medal for India. If I am being humiliated, India is being humiliated," she added.
Earlier, Pinki had said she would file a defamation case against investigators and a government lawyer....
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01:10 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist athlete Pinki Pramanik, described as a male in a police chargesheet which also accused her of rape, on Wednesday said she would file a defamation case against investigators and a government lawyer. "Very soon I will slap a defamation case against the police and the additional public prosecutor for defaming me and trying to outrage my modesty," said the 26-year-old athlete, who was formally charged...
08:38 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Kolkata: Alleging a "huge conspiracy" after police filed a chargesheet claiming she was a male, Asian Games gold medallist athlete Pinki Pramanik on Monday said the investigating authorities were trying to force her to commit suicide. Pinki said that contrary to the police claim, the medical report had concluded that she was incapable of committing rape. However, she said despite requests, she had not been given a copy of the...
12:17 AM, Nov 13, 2012
The police action came after it submitted the gender determination test report which showed that the 26-year-old is a male. ...
11:31 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Kolkata: The medical report of Pinki Pramanik suggests that the athlete is male. The police have submitted a chargesheet against Pinki Pramanik at Barasat Court alongside the medical report, charging the athlete with rape and cheating. Pinki's medical tests were performed by a board of doctors at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata. Pinki was arrested and jailed after the athlete's former live-in partner accused that she had been raped by...
03:35 PM, Nov 12, 2012
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12:06 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Pinki Pramanik's former live-in partner Anamika, who had charged her with rape, now says she was forced to do so by the husband of former athlete and CPM MP Jyotirmoyee Sikdar. ...
11:37 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Speaking to CNN-IBN, Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik claimed that she was being blackmailed and framed by her roommate. ...
08:32 PM, Jul 11, 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
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
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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Tests had kicked off international row over 18-year-old Semenya's gender. ...
09:00 AM, Sep 20, 2009
A newspaper report says Semenya had male and female sexual characteristics. ...
10:05 PM, Sep 11, 2009
Newspaper says 800-m champion has male, female sex organs. ...
12:51 PM, Sep 11, 2009
The medal may not depend on the outcome of her gender test. ...
12:30 AM, Sep 10, 2009
South African Caster Semenya isn't too bothered by the gender row. ...
02:38 PM, Aug 21, 2009
The IAAF allowed Semenya to run with the gender test result still awaited. ...
11:59 AM, Aug 20, 2009
