Kolkata: The High Court of Calcutta had dropped the rape charges against Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik on Friday. It also said that the complainant should be punished for tarnishing the image of athlete.
Pinki said, “Now that I’ve been proved innocent I want to know what punishment should be given to the woman who dragged me into all this.”
Pinki is employed in the Eastern Railway Sealdah.
She was accused by her live-in partner Anamika Acharya of being a male and raping her that led to Pinki’s arrest on 14 June 2012 and an order for medical examination to confirm the gender was issued.
Pinki said, “It was really humiliating to go from one hospital to another for the (sex determination) test with all media attention. It has tarnished my reputation. Many a time, people would taunt at me… but all the way, I had firm belief on the law and ignored what people said. I knew I was innocent. The day has finally come. The judgement is a reply to all those who had pointed fingers at me.”
Bureau Report
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