NEET UG 2022: Female aspirants asked to remove innerwear before entering exam hall in Kerala

Several female students were forced to remove their innerwear before entering the exam hall of a National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) Undergraduate (UG) examination centre near Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, IANS reported.

According to reports, the incident occurred at the metal detection stage during the frisking process.

The institution has denied taking responsibility for the incident and blamed the external agency which was entrusted with the conduct of the examination. The local police have started a probe after a complaint was registered.  

Meanwhile, an angry parent said the incident is totally unacceptable and he had no other option but to give a complaint.

"We dropped her around 12 noon at the examination centre and later we were asked to give a shawl by the exam officials. It was only after she came out after the examination did we realise what had happened. It seems there was a metal object in her innerwear and it was found out during the screening. She and many other students were asked to remove such innerwear and then only they were allowed to take the examination. Even the college where the examination took place said they had no role, as these things were done by an agency who was entrusted for the conduct of the examination," he said.

All those candidates who had to undergo such humiliation were under tremendous duress and they were unable to perform well because of this insensitive behaviour of the centre officials, the parent added.

KM Abhijith, President of the NSUI state wing, said appropriate action should be taken against the wrong-doers, while students, after hearing about the incident, staged protest marches towards the institution where this incident took place.

(With inputs from IANS)

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