The National Testing Agency (NTA) has dismissed OMR-related claims circulating on social media regarding NEET (UG) 2026, stating that the genuine OMR sheets are on record and were shared with candidates during the response key challenge window. The agency said the viral OMR images are digitally fabricated and warned that creating or circulating forged OMR sheets is an offence under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.
In a post on social media platform X, the National Testing Agency wrote: “Regarding OMR-related claims for NEET (UG) 2026 being circulated on social media, it may be noted that the genuine OMR of every candidate concerned is on record with NTA. It was made available on the candidate portal and emailed to the candidates at the time of the OMR Response Key challenge window.
The images being circulated as the ‘correct’ OMR are digitally fabricated. They are not documents issued by NTA.
Creating or circulating a forged OMR is an offence under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.
More details on the Public Notice issued by NTA on 20th July at http://neet.nta.nic.in.”
Earlier, the National Testing Agency (NTA) rejected claims by NEET UG 2026 candidate Abhay Yadav regarding his OMR sheet and result, saying the records have been verified.
The agency said the original OMR sheet was shared with the candidate during the response key challenge window and showed that 44 out of 180 questions were left unanswered. NTA said the candidate’s claim of leaving only five questions unanswered and scoring 634 marks is not supported by the records.
NTA said the scores match the official OMR sheets, answer keys, and calculation records, with no evaluation errors. The images being circulated as the “correct” OMR were digitally manipulated versions of the candidate’s own genuine OMR answer sheets.
NTA confirmed his declared score of 164 marks and warned that circulating forged OMR sheets or making false claims in public examinations is an offence under the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024.
