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I am being treated like a joker in a circus, says athlete Pinki Pramanik

Kolkata, Nov 14 : Controversial  athlete Pinki Pramanik, who has been declared a male by West Bengal police in its chargesheet before a court, has said, she was being treated like a joker in a

India TV News Desk Updated on: November 14, 2012 11:19 IST



“There is a circus going on and I am being treated as a joker,” she said, adding that she felt that she was being treated as an “object of curiosity” because of the repeated references to her gender.

“I find it difficult to come out of my home and walk on the roads,” she said.

Ever since her arrest on June 14, after the woman she shared her home with accused her of rape, she has been harassed by the police, and now the remarks on her gender come as a “mental torture”, Pinki said.
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