Police visit Pinki Pramanik to probe MMS case

KOLKATA: The cybercrime cell of Kolkata Police has started probing the origin of the MMS of athlete Pinki Pramanik that has gone viral on the net and is also being circulated on the mobile phone.

Kolkata Police's cybercrime cell has started probing the origin of the indecent MMS of athlete Pinki Pramanik which has gone viral on the internet.

On Saturday, a special team of the cybercrime cell visited the athlete's house in Teghoria and spoke to her to get leads on the case.

The 29-second MMS clip shows Pinki lying naked on her back on a bed with her eyes closed as the camera zooms in on her genitals

. Police suspect that the clip was reportedly handed over to police at Baguihati police station by Pinki's live-in partner soon after she lodged the rape complaint, to prove that the athlete is a man.

Police, however, ignored the MMS and did not use it as evidence to determine her gender. Later, it was circulated on the net and mobile phones. It seems the clip was recorded earlier, possibly at Pinki's house. "This is a heinous crime and the police should act against it," said Tuhin Roy, Pinki's counsel.

Police to start investigation into Pinki Pramanik MMS case

KOLKATA: The cyber crime section of Kolkata Police will probe athlete Pinki Pramanik MMS case. As a part of the investigation, a police team is expected to visit Pinki on Saturday.

Soon after Pinki's arrest on June 14, an MMS clip of the athlete in nude went viral on the net. It was also circulated on the mobile phones. Following this two advocates had filed a public interest litigation at Calcutta High Court to investigate into the crime.

Pinki was arrested after a woman companion alleged that the former Asian Games gold medallist was a man and slapped rape charges on her. She was released her on July 10 after spending 25 days in prison. Railways had suspended the middle distance runner from her ticket checker's job after the arrest.

A team from Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) visited the athlete at her Teghoria home on Thursday. APDR is one of the organisations that first came to the aid of Pinki, raising the issue of violation of her human rights and approached the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) on it.

"Pinki is still traumatised. The WBHRC has called Pinki to its office on August 7 to hear the athlete's plight. This shows the commission's seriousness on issues of human rights violation. We welcome the move. We also demand immediate revocation of Pinki's suspension from the railway job," said Ranjit Sur of APDR.

Sumati Yengkhom, TNN | Aug 3, 2012, 06.35PM IST  Source-Toi