NEET results at a Gujarat centre raise eyebrows

New Delhi, NT Bureau: Over 240 NEET-UG candidates who appeared for the medical entrance test at a centre in Gujarat's Rajkot have scored more than 600 marks, with 11 of them getting 700 and above, and one a perfect 720.

The figures are according to an analysis of the centre-wise results published on Saturday by the National Testing Agency, which is under the scanner for alleged irregularities in the conduct of the exam, including paper leak.

Among the candidates who appeared for the NEET-UG at the Rajkotbased School of Engineering, RK University, test centre, 12 scored 700 and above -- one got 720, two got 710, four got 705, one got 704, one got 701 and three scored 700. More than 240 aspirants who took the exam at the centre scored more than 600 marks.

Of them, the score of 148 candidates was above 650 but below 700.

Gujarat, Bihar, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Haryana are among the states from where the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested people, including students in connection with the alleged leak of the question paper of NEET-UG exam.