Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Monday
ordered a probe into allegations that an 18-year-old student was forced to
remove her bra at an exam centre as part of stringent measures to stop cheating
in a national-level medical entrance examination.
The alleged incident took place at TISK English Medium
School in the state’s Kannur district on Sunday, when hundreds of students went
for the National Eligibility and Entrance Test seeking admissions to
undergraduate medical courses across the country.
The mother of the student said: “My daughter went inside the
centre only to return a few minutes later to hand over her bra.
“As she entered the centre, the metal detector at the gate
beeped due to the metal strap of the bra. She was told to remove the inner wear
for security, to prevent cheating.
“Many others were forced to undergo the same ordeal.”
Kannur’s District Collector, M.M. Ali, said he would look
into the allegations.
Ali said: “I have heard about the allegations.
“We will look into the matter.”
The State Human Rights Commission has condemned the incident
and also sought a report from the district authorities.
“We have asked the authorities there to submit a report into
the serious allegations,” commission member J. Premeela Devi told the media.
However, the principal of the school, where the examination
was held in the district, Jalaluddin K, said: “We have clear instructions that
if the metal detector beeps, no one can be allowed inside.
“Whenever it beeped, we told students to remove what they
have.”
Xinhua/NAN.
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