Medical Reports 'Conclude' Indian Athlete Pinki Pramanik is Male, Charged With Rape

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<p>India's Asian Games gold medal winner Pinki Pramanik has been charged with rape and cheating after medical reports appeared to confirm she is actually a man.</p> <p>Pramanik won a gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay at the 2006 Asian Games, but was arrested on June 14 this year following a complaint lodged by a woman, Anamika Acharya, who said she was the live-in partner of the athlete. In her complaint she leveled rape charges against Pramanik.</p> <p>Speaking in Barasat city in the eastern West Bengal state on Monday (November 12), Santomoy Bose, the public prosecutor, said a medical board had confirmed that Pramanik was a male and had the ability to have intercourse with a woman.</p> <p> It's been proved by the investigative authorities that the allegation which was levelled by Anamika (Acharya) has been proved. It has come to the conclusion that Pinki is male. A medical board consisting of seven members have come to the conclusion that Pinki is male. Pinki is capable to commit intercourse with a woman, said Bose.</p> <p>Pramanik was granted bail by a local court in North 24 Parganas district on July 10.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Pramanik's mother, Pushpa, said her daughter was not guilty and that she would never cheat anyone.</p> <p> My daughter Pinki is a very good girl. False allegations are being levelled against her and she is innocent. I have given birth to her and I know that she is innocent, she said</p> <p>A 29-second MMS showing the athlete completely naked has already gone viral on the internet. The video was of Pinki undergoing a gender verification test at a private nursing home after she was arrested on June 14, 2012.</p> <p>Another 2006 Asian Games medallist, Santhi Soundarajan, was stripped of the women's 800 metres silver medal after failing a gender test.</p>