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The National Testing Agency has said the NEET (UG) 2026 was conducted nether a "full information protocol" and that it is moving intimately with investigating agencies amid reports of alleged irregularities being probed by the Rajasthan SOG.
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) connected May 3 for students seeking admittance to aesculapian acquisition courses astatine the undergraduate level.
In a station connected X connected Sunday (May 11, 2026), the NTA said question papers were transported successful GPS-tracked vehicles carrying unique, traceable watermark identifiers, portion introspection centres were monitored done AI-assisted CCTV surveillance from a cardinal power room.
The bureau said biometric verification of each candidates was conducted, and 5G jammers were deployed astatine centres to guarantee the sanctity of the examination. "The introspection process itself proceeded arsenic planned crossed each centres connected the day," the NTA said.
"The National Testing Agency is alert of reports concerning the enactment initiated by the Rajasthan Special Operations Group (SOG) successful transportation with alleged irregularities astir NEET (UG) 2026. The introspection connected May 3, 2026 was conducted arsenic scheduled and nether a afloat information protocol," the NTA said.
According to the agency, inputs regarding alleged malpractice enactment were received connected the precocious evening of May 7, 4 days aft the examination, and were escalated to cardinal agencies connected the greeting of May 8 for "independent verification and indispensable action".
It further said the enactment taken by instrumentality enforcement authorities, including caller detentions reported successful the media, was a effect of the "professional and timely work" of the investigating agencies.
"NTA places connected grounds its appreciation for the agencies starring this effort and confirms that it is moving intimately with them successful a afloat supporting role, providing each examination-related information and method assistance required," it said.
The NTA said the substance remains nether probe and that it would not "pre-judge the inquiry" oregon speculate connected the outcome.
"The substance is presently nether probe and the facts volition beryllium established by the agencies successful owed course. NTA volition not pre-judge the inquiry, nor characterise its apt outcome," it said, adding, "Whatever the agencies find — including findings that whitethorn necessitate further enactment — volition beryllium examined transparently and disclosed successful keeping with established procedure."
Seeking to reassure students and parents, the NTA said the efforts and integrity of the "very ample bulk of bona-fide aspirants" would not beryllium devalued.
"NTA is conscious of the anxiousness reports of this quality tin cause, and we inquire candidates to let the agencies the abstraction to implicit their work. Any indispensable steps volition beryllium taken successful consultation with the Ministry of Education astatine the due stage," it said.
"NTA remains committed to fair, secure, and credible examinations and to moving intimately with each investigating agencies successful enactment of the integrity of the introspection system," it added.
Meanwhile, Vishal Bansal, Additional Director General (ADG) of the Rajasthan Police's SOG, said the probe is presently focused connected a "guess paper" that was allegedly circulated among students up of the examination.
"Regarding the assorted misconceptions surrounding the NEET examination, fto maine clarify 1 circumstantial point: determination is simply a conjecture insubstantial containing astir 410 questions. Out of these, it is alleged that astir 120 questions appeared successful Chemistry," Mr. Bansal said.
While the Chemistry insubstantial successful the exam carries 45 questions, the trial utilized 4 sets of question papers.
"It is reported that this conjecture insubstantial had been circulating among the students good successful advance; it began reaching them arsenic aboriginal arsenic 15 days to a period anterior to the existent examination. We are investigating connected the ground of the conjecture insubstantial and it is besides disposable successful unfastened domain," helium said.
Mr. Bansal asserted that the probe is presently focused connected determining whether immoderate cheating oregon transgression enactment has occurred based connected this conjecture paper.
"As of now, we person not made immoderate arrests of immoderate kind," helium added.
