Denied entry for being one minute late, father of aspirant collapses on ground; Video goes viral

BHOPAL: Latecomers at the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) examination were left heartbroken after the management rigorously held to the rule, not even allowing entry to students who arrived just one minute late to the centres.

Many exam centres witnessed dramatic scenes involving parents of the aspirants.

An 18-year-old girl named Ragini from Kulhan village in Madhya Pradesh was denied entry for reaching the exam centre just a minute late. The footage surfaced showing her father pleading with the officials to allow his daughter to appear for the exam. After haggling with the staff, the father went straight to slam his head on the gates and then collapsed on the ground, leaving the daughter shell-shocked. She fell to the ground and hugged her father, crying uncontrollably.

It was reported that the father worked for a daily wage of Rs 300 and used to borrow money to finance his daughter's education. Ragini, who studied in the village school till the eighth grade, had to travel many kilometres for further education. After excelling in the twelfth grade, she used the scholarship and borrowed money to buy a laptop for the NEET exam.

Ragini and her father left home early, but there were obstacles along the way. Due to heavy rain and a punctured tyre, they were late reaching the examination centre. The students who arrived late, including Ragini, were allowed into the centre, but the biometric verification could not be completed as the time limit had passed. For the same reason, they missed the exams this year.