A Madhya Pradesh farmer’s daughter, Ragini Vishwakarma, missed the NEET exam by two minutes after a year of preparation due to heavy rain and a motorcycle puncture. Her distraught father’s desperate pleas and self-inflicted head injury at the exam center gate were in vain. Despite efforts to escort her in, biometric verification couldn’t be completed post-deadline, leaving the family heartbroken and the incident sparking criticism over rigid procedures.