Documents forged, NEET aspirant faces legal action

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Allahabad HC on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by a NEET-UG aspirant who had alleged that National Testing Agency (NTA) had failed to declare her result and that her OMR answer sheet was found torn. The court said the girl had submitted forged documents.
“NTA can take legal action in the matter," Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan said in his order.NTA told the court that the decision to initiate legal action against the student, Ayushi Patel of Lucknow, had already been taken.
The order came after NTA, as per the court’s direction, produced the original OMR answer sheet of the student, which was found to be intact.
BJP slams Priyanka for supporting aspirant’s claim
Ayushi's sensational claim added fuel to the demand for cancellation of the NEET-UG exam, and was embraced by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi to attack the Modi govt.
With the HC adjudging Ayushi’s claim to be a hoax, BJP slammed Priyanka and sought an apology. "You remember this tweet by Priyanka Vadra, here is how Congress peddles fakery," party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said while dubbing Congress “jhooth ki dukaan”.
In her petition filed early this month, Ayushi had claimed that NTA had sent her a communication saying her result would not be declared as her OMR sheet was found torn. Patel had demanded that her OMR sheet be evaluated manually. She had demanded that the counselling for admissions be stopped while her petition was pending and an inquiry be set up against NTA. She also claimed she should have scored 715 marks out of 720, while her actual score was 335.
While presenting the OMR sheet, scorecard and attendance sheet of the petitioner, NTA had said the application number of the petitioner in the documents was 240411340741, which was signed by the petitioner herself. However, she was sending emails citing the application number 240411840741, changing one digit.
After seeing the documents, the court said Ayushi had filed the petition based on forged documents. It termed it “regrettable” and said NTA was free to take legal action in the matter.
Before she approached the HC, Ayushi had released a video with her claims. It generated much political heat after Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi shared it and slammed the test-conducting agency. However, NTA had on June 12 said Ayushi's paper was intact and it was acase of forgery on the part of the candidate whose actual score was lower than claimed.
"No torn OMR answer sheet was sent from any official NTA email, and the actual OMR is available and not torn. Moreover, all results are available online," an official said.