Nisha reportedly became a call girl to fend for herself and her five-year-old daughter.

A local court here has granted her bail but she is still in jail as she has been unable to deposit a surety of Rs.10,000.

She is set to be released within a day and two as several sports figures here have stepped in to help out 'a person from the sports fraternity' and deposit the surety amount to secure her release.

'It's my moral duty to help out a girl who was unfortunately driven to prostitution,' Vidhan Mishra, patron, Chhattisgarh Olympic Association, told IANS.

He said: 'It's a shame for the sports fraternity that a girl has chosen prostitution to get over poverty. It's an eye-opener for the government that has no policy to financially back-up the players who have performed at the national level games.'