Three girls were unable to take the Re-NEET exam at a Vidisha centre on Sunday. Two of them arrived two minutes late and, although officials briefly allowed them inside, they could not clear the biometric verification. The third student was denied entry for carrying an old admit card. Outside the centre, one student’s father, while pleading for his daughter to be allowed in, injured himself after hitting his head against the gate, leading to chaotic scenes.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Three students were unable to appear for the Re-NEET examination after arriving late at an exam centre in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, on Sunday.
An emotional scene unfolded outside the Re-NEET examination centre.
Two candidates, Sneha Dubey from Vidisha and Ragini Vishwakarma from Kurwai, reached the gate at around 1:32 pm—just two minutes after the entry deadline. Security staff denied them entry, in accordance with the rules.
A video from the spot shows the two students and their family members folding their hands and pleading with officials to allow them inside. One of the girls can be heard saying that the exam had already been cancelled once before, and that missing another attempt would mean wasting an entire year.
The incident took place at the Government Girls College examination centre, one of four centres set up in the city. Entry was permitted between 11 am and 1:30 pm.
The families requested officials to allow the students inside, stating that the delay was caused by rain during their journey. Ragini’s father said they had travelled nearly 70 km from their village and were delayed due to adverse weather conditions.
After being informed about the situation, the nodal officer and Kendriya Vidyalaya Principal Geeta Bhadoria reached the spot and escorted the two students into the examination centre. However, they were still unable to take the exam because their biometric thumb verification failed, and the system did not register their attendance.
In another case, a third student, Akshat Shrivastava from Vidisha, was denied entry after she presented the admit card for the earlier cancelled exam instead of the new Re-NEET admit card.
The incident led to chaos outside the examination centre. Officials said they were bound to follow National Testing Agency (NTA) guidelines, and the three students could not be allowed to appear for the examination.
