NEET-UG 2026 result row: Kanpur aspirant claims score changed from 609 to 167 after OMR correction, seeks NTA response
For Arya Singh, a NEET-UG 2026 aspirant from Kanpur, the days leading up to the declaration of results were marked by hope. According to her, that hope quickly turned into confusion and disbelief after she noticed multiple changes in her OMR sheet and final score. Her allegations, shared through a video on X and supported by screenshots and documents she says she has submitted to the authorities, have now drawn widespread attention online.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has not publicly responded to Arya's specific claims at the time of writing. Her case comes amid continuing scrutiny of NEET-UG 2026, with several candidates raising concerns over OMR sheets, recorded responses and final scores after the examination process concluded.
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OMR sequence was corrected, but the controversy did not endAccording to Arya, the issue began on the night of July 13, when the NTA made scanned OMR sheets available on its official portal. After downloading her OMR sheet, she said she immediately noticed that the sequence of questions did not match the question paper she had attempted.
In the video posted on X, Arya said she compared the responses herself and calculated a score of 609 marks. She then submitted a challenge through the NTA's official portal, reporting what she described as a sequencing error.
According to her, the NTA later updated the OMR sheet on the website, correcting the sequence of questions. She claims that after the correction, her calculated score continued to remain 609, giving her confidence that the issue had been resolved before the declaration of results.
'Within two hours, my score changed twice'Arya alleges that the situation changed dramatically on the day the results were declared.
According to her, the first scorecard she accessed reflected 540 marks. She claims that within the next two hours, the score changed again, this time to 167 marks, which is the score currently displayed on the official website.
In the video appeal, Arya said, "I had checked my OMR sheet after it was corrected and my score was 609. On the result day, I first saw 540 marks, and then within two hours it became 167. I have all the screenshots, my corrected OMR sheet and every document. I only want my result to be verified fairly."
The current score displayed against her application, according to the documents cited in media reports, is 167 marks, corresponding to an All India Rank of 12,52,036 and a category rank of 3,67,585.
Complaint sent to PM, Education Minister and NTAAccording to media reports, this was Arya's second attempt at NEET-UG, having also appeared for the examination in 2025.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has not publicly responded to Arya's specific claims at the time of writing. Her case comes amid continuing scrutiny of NEET-UG 2026, with several candidates raising concerns over OMR sheets, recorded responses and final scores after the examination process concluded.
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• NEET UG 2026: OMR row deepens as NTA flags AI-generated sheets, candidates raise fresh claims
OMR sequence was corrected, but the controversy did not endAccording to Arya, the issue began on the night of July 13, when the NTA made scanned OMR sheets available on its official portal. After downloading her OMR sheet, she said she immediately noticed that the sequence of questions did not match the question paper she had attempted.
In the video posted on X, Arya said she compared the responses herself and calculated a score of 609 marks. She then submitted a challenge through the NTA's official portal, reporting what she described as a sequencing error.
According to her, the NTA later updated the OMR sheet on the website, correcting the sequence of questions. She claims that after the correction, her calculated score continued to remain 609, giving her confidence that the issue had been resolved before the declaration of results.
'Within two hours, my score changed twice'Arya alleges that the situation changed dramatically on the day the results were declared.
According to her, the first scorecard she accessed reflected 540 marks. She claims that within the next two hours, the score changed again, this time to 167 marks, which is the score currently displayed on the official website.
In the video appeal, Arya said, "I had checked my OMR sheet after it was corrected and my score was 609. On the result day, I first saw 540 marks, and then within two hours it became 167. I have all the screenshots, my corrected OMR sheet and every document. I only want my result to be verified fairly."
The current score displayed against her application, according to the documents cited in media reports, is 167 marks, corresponding to an All India Rank of 12,52,036 and a category rank of 3,67,585.
Complaint sent to PM, Education Minister and NTAAccording to media reports, this was Arya's second attempt at NEET-UG, having also appeared for the examination in 2025.
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