What Happened to the Candidate Allotted Abu Dhabi for NEET-UG?

Abdullah Talib appeared for the NEET-UG re-test in Nagpur after the NTA revised his controversial Abu Dhabi centre.

By The State Bureau

Nagpur, Jun 21 (PTI) A local student, who was initially allotted an examination centre in Abu Dhabi, appeared for the NEET-UG re-test on Sunday after the National Testing Agency (NTA) revised his centre to Nagpur amid concerns over the issue.

The aspirant, Abdullah Talib, appeared for the re-examination at a school in the Ajni area.

His father, Mohammad Talib, told PTI that his son was tense and unwilling to appear for the examination.

"He appeared for the examination after he was counselled," he said.

NEET-UG candidate Abdullah Talib arrives at a Nagpur examination centre after his initially allotted re-test venue in Abu Dhabi was changed. (AI-Generated Image)

Citing his son, Mohd Talib said the question paper was tougher compared to the previous one, which was cancelled.

A day earlier, the Talib family claimed that the aspirant had been allotted an examination centre in Abu Dhabi, while the NTA stated that the student himself had chosen that exam venue. He was subsequently assigned a centre in Nagpur as per his request.

Lakhs of medical aspirants took a second shot at the NEET (UG) examination on Sunday after

the original May 3 test was cancelled due to paper leaks.

The examination was conducted across 5,440 centres in 551 cities in India and 14 centres abroad, with over 1.38 lakh CCTV cameras monitoring 95,000 examination rooms, officials said.

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