November 13, 2012 10:05 AM

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Pinki Pramanik is male:medical report

Asian Games gold medal winner woman athlete Pinki Pramanik has been found to be a male after a medical test done by a board of doctors at the state-run SSKM hospital in Kolkata.A medical report submitted today by the police in a court at Barasat in West Bengal confirms this. Based on the report, police filed a charge sheet against Pinki, now on bail, charging the athlete with rape and cheating as well as charges of holding out threats. Pinki was accused by her live-in partner Anamika Acharya of being a male who raped her.This led to Pinki's arrest on June 14th and an order for medical examination to confirm the gender was issued. The former middle-distance runner, who won the 4×400 m relay gold in 2006 Doha Asian Games, was freed from jail on July 11th pending disposal of all cases. Pinki's earlier reports of gender tests were inconclusive both at a private nursing home at Barasat as well as at Barasat general hospital. The case was referred to the state-run SSKM hospital, but facility for chromosome pattern test was unavailable there too. Later, the test was concluded at Hyderabad. The athlete's arrest and imprisonment earlier sparked an outcry across the state over gender discrimination and the manner of conducting the tests.

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