Raith goalkeeper David McGurn accused Hamilton players of lacking professionalism by pressuring referee Iain Brines into sending off Dougie Hill.
The defender was shown his second red card of the season his eighth in the last four years for a second bookable offence 10 minutes before half-time.
McGurn had no argument with the decision but criticised the Accies players for surrounding the official, who appeared initially to let Hill walk away, before reaching for his cards as the home side protested.
“Dougie was on a yellow card and shouldn’t have made the tackle,” said McGurn. “It was the correct decision but to run 50 yards to point things out to the referee isn’t professional. It’s wrong. You wouldn’t be happy if your own team was doing it.
“You’ve got to let the referee run the game the way he sees it. He’s got assistant referees there was well.”
Hill’s red card came with his side losing 1-0 to the league leaders but the 10 men produced a heroic fightback to claim a crucial point thanks to Calum Elliot’s second half spot-kick and a wonder save from McGurn just before the break.
“It’s a massive result and the gaffer is delighted,” McGurn said. “We’ve got an inner belief this year. We’re confident and everybody in the squad is playing their part.
“Hamilton are top of the league and had 45 minutes to kill us off but they couldn’t and that only increases our belief in ourselves.”
Accies were by far the better side in the first half and should have taken a 27th-minute lead when James Keatings headed wide from six yards.
Callum Booth then cleared a Mikey Devlin effort off the line as Rovers were guilty of slack marking at a corner on the half-hour mark.
However, 30 seconds later Keatings broke through a huge hole in the Rovers defence to slot past McGurn for the opener.
Things looked bleak for Raith when, just three minutes after falling behind, Hill slid into a late challenge on Keatings on the touchline.
Having already been booked for an earlier hand ball, Hill was sent for an early bath as referee Brines took his time before brandishing a second yellow card.
Rovers held on until half-time thanks to a superb flying save from McGurn to keep out a powerful Darian MacKinnon volley from 15 yards.
Rovers were camped inside their own end for most of the second half but they defended resolutely and looked to hit on the break.
And from one of their rare forays upfield, substitute Gordon Smith fell under a Devlin challenge just inside the box, and Brines pointed to the spot.
Elliot stepped up to send his spot-kick into the bottom corner and for the final 20 minutes Rovers defended for their lives to hold on for a draw.
Raith boss Grant Murray was delighted with the result.
“We knew it would be a hard enough game with 11 men because Hamilton are top of the league for a reason, but the character we showed in the second half was fantastic,” he said.
“A lot of guys were playing out of position, and we had to make substitutions to get fresh legs on, but everyone was fantastic out there.”