She had to borrow mother’s stole, says father of Kerala girl forced to remove innerwear

The father of the 17-year-old said that during frisking before the exam at her Kollam centre in Kerala, she was asked to take off her inner wear by the agency contracted to do the checks, citing NEET guidelines.

THE FATHER of the 17-year-old who has claimed she was forced to remove her inner wear for taking the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) Sunday said his daughter had to borrow his wife’s stole to cover up.

Speaking to The Indian Express over the phone, the father, a local businessman, said the “traumatic experience” compelled him to file an FIR with the local police, and he didn’t want any other person to go through such “humiliation”. The 17-year-old did not want to talk to the media.

The alleged incident took place at a private examination centre in Kollam district’s Ayur. Another applicant from the centre has come forward and spoken now to local television channels about the incident. She said that since she could not arrange anything to cover herself with after removing the innerwear, she tried to use her hair.

“I wanted to file a case so that no student faces such a plight in the future. It was heartbreaking to see my child so shaken,” the father of the 17-year-old said, adding that he was satisfied with the Centre and state government’s response. “They seem to be taking the case seriously.”