Ordeal of frisking for NEET: Re-exam on Sept 4
New Delhi/Kollam, Aug 27: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has decided to conduct NEET again for girl students, who were allegedly forced to remove their undergarments before entering an exam centre in Kollam district of Kerala last month, official sources said on Saturday.
The re-examination would be held on September 4, said the sources.
"The NTA has allowed the affected students to re-appear for the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) on September 4 in Kollam. Besides Kollam, re-examination will be held for the affected candidates of two centres in Rajasthan, two in Madhya Pradesh and one in Uttar Pradesh," they said.
The issue of forcing the girls to remove their innerwear before entering an exam centre in Kollam district on July 17 created a huge uproar across the country.
Seven people, including five women, were arrested in connection with the removal of undergarments in the name of frisking to curb exam malpractice.
The issue came to light when the father of a 17-year-old girl told reporters that his daughter, who was sitting for her first-ever NEET, was yet to come out of the traumatic experience of having to sit for the over 3-hour-long exam without an undergarment.
The father had told reporters that his daughter was dressed as per the code mentioned in the NEET bulletin, but it did not say anything about innerwear.
The NTA formed a committee to conduct an inquiry.
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Ayodhya rape case: DNA of foetus matched with that of co-accused Raju, says report filed in HC
Lucknow (PTI): The DNA of the aborted foetus of the Ayodhya rape survivor matched with that of SP leader Moeed Ahmad's employee Raju, a co-accused in the case, according to a report submitted by the Uttar Pradesh government to the Allahabad High Court on Monday.
Uttar Pradesh Police had on July 30 arrested bakery owner Ahmad along with Raju from the Pura Kalandar area of Ayodhya district in connection with the rape of a 12-year-old girl, who became pregnant and later had an abortion.
The Lucknow bench of the High Court had sought the DNA report of the foetus while hearing a bail plea of Ahmad.
According to the report furnished to the court, the DNA of Ahmad did not match the DNA of the foetus. It was also revealed that the DNA of Ahmad's servant Raju matched with the DNA of the foetus of the victim, lawyers said.
After taking the report on record, the bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia set the next hearing on October 3.
Ahmad has pleaded that he is 71 years old and has been implicated in the present case for political reasons.
Opposing his bail plea, the state counsel said that the case is of a very serious nature and the victim is a minor.
Speaking in the UP Legislative Assembly on the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had claimed that the accused belonged to the Samajwadi Party.
