An Indian Army helicopter conducted a trial landing at the Tirunelveli Armed Reserve Ground in Tamil Nadu as part of preparations to transport NEET-UG 2026 question papers under enhanced security arrangements.
The NEET examination held last month was cancelled following allegations of question paper leakage, after which authorities announced that the re-examination would be conducted on June 21.
To ensure that the question papers do not leak again and that the examination is conducted fairly, authorities have arranged to deliver the question papers to examination centres at the last minute using helicopters.
Under the proposed plan, the question papers will be flown from Delhi to Madurai by aircraft. From there, they will be transported to the Tirunelveli Armed Reserve Ground in an Indian Army helicopter under the protection of Air Force officials.
A mock drill was conducted to test these security arrangements.
