In West Bengal, Asian Games gold medalist Pinki Pramanik was arrested on charges of rape. The police said Pramanik was arrested yesterday after a woman lodged a complaint of rape with the Baguiati police station in North 24-Parganas district. They said the complaint stated that the woman athlete was a male and has been cohabiting with her for the past several months with a promise to marry her, but later denied.They said a medical checkup in a government-run hospital would be done on Pramanik after which she would be produced in a court. The Eastern Railway middle-distance runner had won a 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha Asiad and a silver in the same event at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.Pramanik bagged three gold medals in the 2006 SAF Games in Colombo when she won the 400m, 800m and 4x400m relay events. Meanwhile, an official of the Athletics Federation of India said that Pramanik would be stripped off the medals if it was proved that the athlete was actually a male.