Soumyajit Ghosh

Former national champion paddler Soumyajit Ghosh yesterday denied allegations of rape against him, saying that the accuser has been blackmailing him after their relationship ended. "Whatever she is saying is false as I haven't done anything wrong, we were together but then I wanted to focus on my career so I told her 'it is very difficult to be with you'," Ghosh, set to be dropped from the Commonwealth Games table tennis squad owing to the charges levelled by an 18-year-old, said.