Table tennis player Soumyajit booked for rape
Kolkata March 22 (IANS) Arjuna awardee table tennis player and Olympian Soumyajit Ghosh was booked on Thursday for raping a teenager.
Ghosh also India s youngest national table tennis champion however refuted the allegation and said he will legally approach the case.
The FIR was lodged after a 18-year-old girl filed a police complaint in North 24 Parganas district s Barasat women police station accusing Ghosh of raping her at her residence in April 2015 on a false promise of marriage.
The woman also claimed to have been in contact with Ghosh for the last three years when she was a minor and said she did not get any positive response from the table tennis player about their marriage.
Ghosh has been booked on the charges of rape (Indian Penal Code s Section 376) cheating (IPC 417) causing miscarriage without woman s consent (IPC 313) and under sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
"The allegations are baseless. I will move court " Ghosh who is currently in Germany playing in the German Open told a local news channel over the phone.
Ghosh had represented India at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. He is scheduled to represent India in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Australia s Gold Coast.
--IANS
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