NEET row: Student from Karnataka’s Haveri alleges OMR-sheet mix-up, complains to NTA
A NEET aspirant from Karnataka has alleged a major discrepancy in her exam results, claiming her score was recorded as -11 despite expecting 663 marks. She reports that the OMR sheet provided to her appears tampered with and does not match her testing style.
Why it matters
This case adds to the growing list of complaints regarding the integrity of the NEET examination process, impacting student trust in national testing agencies.
Bindhushree J. Pawar, a NEET UG-2026 aspirant from Hangal in Haveri district has alleged a mix-up in OMR sheets, as a result of which her score has been shown as -11 instead of the 663 marks that she expected.
According to the NEET aspirant, she was expecting a score of 663 as per the answer key released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 21. But when the results were announced on July 16, she was shocked to find that her score was shown as -11.
She also contended that although the OMR sheet sent by the NTA has her name, roll number and signature, some mix-up might have happened as the blackening of the circles to mark the answers did not resemble her style, adding that she had attempted 165 questions while the OMR sheet sent to her had just 41 entries.
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