KOLKATA, July 10:
Asian Games gold medalist Pinki Pramanik, arrested after a woman charged that the athlete was a male and had raped her, was today granted bail by a court in North 24 Parganas district after spending 25 days in judicial custody.
The bail was granted by the Barasat court to Pramanik, whose chromosome pattern test report to determine her gender was received by the SSKM Hospital yesterday.
Pramanik was arrested on June 14 after she was accused of being a male by live-in partner, a 30-year-old estranged woman who also alleged she was raped.
A PIL was moved in the Calcutta High Court on July 6 alleging inhuman torture on the athelete.
The court has directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit within two weeks on the progress of the investigation.(PTI)
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