Confirmed: Indian athlete Pinki Pramanik is male
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In what turned out to be a staggering revelation, Asian Games gold-medallist Pinki Pramanik was found to be a male after a medical check-up at a private nursing home on Thursday.
Police arrested the former athlete following a complaint of a woman — divorcee and mother of one — who alleged Pramanik was a man and had been forcefully cohabiting with her for the last several months, promising marriage.
“In the complaint, the victim has stated that Pramanik was a male and has been cohabiting with her with a promise to marry her, but later denied,” a top official of the Baguiati police station said.
Cops have sought permission for a medical test from the court on Pinki to determine her sex. Thereafter, a medical test was conducted at the private nursing home, which clarified that the athlete indeed is a male.
Interestingly, when police when took Pramanik to a government-run hospital, the doctor there refused to conduct the test alone and suggested that a medical board should be constituted for further investigation. Pramanik then raised objections after which, police had to move to court for further orders.
“It’s a conspiracy. I’m being framed for no reason,” Pramanik said.
The medical board, though, has finally been formed and tests could be done in the wee hours of Friday or in the morning. This incident left the sport’s governing body in a state of shock.
“We’ve heard about the developments, but aren’t yet aware of the real reasons. So unless and until we get proper information from authorities, we cannot take appropriate steps,” AFI general secretary C. K. Valson told this newspaper.
The West Bengal Athletics Association, however, stands behind Pramanik.
“It’s utterly shocking. Pinki, being an international athlete, had appeared for check-ups in each of the competitions she had participated. So how come authorities failed to prove such strange things during that period?” questioned Kamal Moitra, WBAA secretary.
At the same time, WBAA insiders informed that other female athletes, including O. P. Jaisha, have spoken about Pramanik’s ‘peculiar’ behaviour when they shared rooms.
Now this is not the first time Pramanik was arrested. Back on November 22, 2004, Pramanik was held under the Arms Act when a revolver was found inside her bag.
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