asked the doctors to examine her gender the doctors concluded that pinki had both male and female genitals and the nursing home categorized pinki as male this is ridiculous the police dont have the right to ask any doctor to determine anyones gender that too without getting permission from the person they have violated the law and it was also medically unethical for the doctors to brand pinki male on the basis of a physical examination said a medicolegal expert the next day police decided to get pinki examined by a government doctor the only one available was conducting autopsies in a suburban hospital and male cops dragged pinki to the morgue to get her examined by the doctor this was a gross violation of her rights say lawyers pinki refused to get herself examined police say they have strong evidence of pinkis gender the evidence is actually video footage of a naked pinki lying on bed surreptitiously taken by the complainant the police have been happily sharing this with the media psychologists and psychiatrists say that the case could have been handled in a more sensitive way a person suffering from sexual identity crisis is already under a lot of trauma they need a lot of counselling throwing the person in front of doctors for physical examination was not the right way of verifying her gender the case could have been handled in a more sensitive and humane way and not in such harsh way counselling sessions would have made it easier for her to open up said psychotherapist dr gitika chatterjee lgbt activists condemn the way pinkis case has been handled i do not think that a person would claim to be a woman to win a few medals in that case what were the sports authorities doing all this while to compete in a sporting event one has to be either a man or a woman what about the rest asks lgbt activist pawan dhal psychiatrist dr shiladitya ray said if there is a serious charge as rape it is important to establish the persons gender but she could have been subjected to such test in a more subtle way maintaining a certain amount of secrecy if such test proves that she is a man it could open up a pandoras box regarding the medals she won at the same time it is also important for her to know whether she is a male or a female said ray but the media circus is still playing out to the voyeuristic masses all those involved in this the police lawyers doctors and media persons should pause and think about the repercussions on pinki and her family pinki may ultimately be adjudged by doctors as a female and may be cleared of the charges of rape but by then her life would have been ruined said lawyeractivist kallol dutta many young girls in the impoverished bagmundi block where tilakdi is located will be eternally grateful to pinki