NEET row: Student from Karnataka’s Haveri alleges OMR-sheet mix-up, complains to NTA
Symbolic satyagraha in Hangal over NEET paper leak Pointing out the discrepancies in her OMR sheet, Bindushree had sent a mail to the NTA on July 22 requesting for her original OMR sheet, which she claims should have fetched her 663 marks. But till date, she has not received any reply and calls by her teachers to the NTA helpline have gone unanswered, she said.Speaking to the media, Bindushree alleged that even the fingerprint on the OMR sheet looked like it had been tampered with as it had a second overlapping thumb impression on it. “While my signature and other details are correct, my entry time is shown as 1.56 p.m. and exit time as 1.57 p.m.
- ▪Symbolic satyagraha in Hangal over NEET paper leak Pointing out the discrepancies in her OMR sheet, Bindushree had sent a mail to the NTA on July 22 requesting for her original OMR sheet, which she claims should have fetched her 663 marks.
- ▪But till date, she has not received any reply and calls by her teachers to the NTA helpline have gone unanswered, she said.Speaking to the media, Bindushree alleged that even the fingerprint on the OMR sheet looked like it had been tampered
- ▪“While my signature and other details are correct, my entry time is shown as 1.56 p.m. and exit time as 1.57 p.m.
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Bindhushree J. Pawar, a NEET UG-2026 aspirant from Hangal in Haveri district has alleged a mix-up in OMR sheets, as a result of which her score has been shown as -11 instead of the 663 marks that she expected.According to the NEET aspirant, she was expecting a score of 663 as per the answer key released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 21. But when the results were announced on July 16, she was shocked to find that her score was shown as -11.She also contended that although the OMR sheet sent by the NTA has her name, roll number and signature, some mix-up might have happened as the blackening of the circles to mark the answers did not resemble her style, adding that she had attempted 165 questions while the OMR sheet sent to her had just 41 entries.
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