Indian relay champion charged with rape and fraud Pinki Pramanik won a gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games and a silver at the Commonwealth Games but could now face three years in jail if she is found guilty. She was arrested in Calcutta in June after her female partner alleged she had tricked her into having a sexual relationship on false promises that she would marry her as a man. In India this is classified as rape. Ms Pramanik dismissed her former lover's claims as part of an attempt to extort money from her and initially resisted demands that she submit to a medical gender test, claiming that she had endured several during her time as an athlete amid similar suspicions. But she later agreed to have the tests at a private clinic which police claim established that she is in fact a man. A prosecutor told The Indian Express that the "medical report said Pinki is a male and the charges against the athlete have been established." His statement was rejected by the former athlete, who now works as a railway ticket inspector, who said doctors had found that while she "some excess male hormones," she is incapable of rape. The male hormones were from drugs she had taken during her athletics career, she said. According to the doctors, however, DNA tests established that the former athlete is neither male nor female but suffers from a genetic disorder and is classified as a 'male pseudo hermaphrodite.'