NEET UG Exam: Amidst tight security, more than 22 lakh candidates appeared in NEET exam, now waiting for the result.

New Delhi. More than 22 lakh candidates appeared for the NEET exam on Sunday at centers across the country and some abroad. During this, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited the headquarters of National Testing Agency (NTA) in Okhla, Delhi to review the smooth conduct of the examination.

According to the Education Ministry, the agency officials informed the minister about the technical and security arrangements made to conduct the examination in a completely transparent and secure manner. Videos shared by the Education Ministry on social media showed Pradhan inspecting a control room where several large screens were showing live telecast of exam centers across the country. This monitoring system was created to monitor the examination and prevent irregularities.

According to officials, the exam was conducted in more than 95,000 rooms, each of which was fitted with cameras. A total of 1,38,560 cameras were installed, which were being directly monitored at the national, state and ministry levels. The agency had also installed 51,311 signal jammers to prevent any electronic interference. This elaborate security arrangement was made following the cancellation of the examination held on May 3 in Rajasthan following allegations of paper leak.

The National Testing Agency had canceled the old exam on May 12 and rescheduled it for June 21. While on one hand this examination was conducted without any major hindrance, on the other hand, protests continued for the second consecutive day at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The demonstration was led by Abhijeet Dipke, founder of a local political party. While sharing the video of the protest site on social media, he wrote that this protest will continue and he reiterated the demand for the resignation of the Education Minister.

NEET candidate arrested after finding old question paper and glue

Varanasi: During the NEET re-examination held on Sunday in Varanasi, a candidate was arrested after his mobile phone SIM, old NEET question paper and adhesive substance (glue) were recovered from his underwear. Police sources said here that when a candidate was searched in depth due to suspicion before entering the examination center at Harishchandra Postgraduate College, Maidagin in the district, a mobile phone SIM, old question paper of NEET and adhesive material were recovered from his underwear.

Sources said that after this the candidate was arrested. According to sources, the arrested student has been identified as Prince Dubey, a resident of Ballia district. The student has told that he was preparing for the medical entrance examination while staying in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh and had come to Varanasi to appear for the NEET examination. Sources said that further action is being taken by interrogating Dubey.