New Delhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi has written a letter to the Central Board of Secondary Education over media reports claiming “massive breach” of data of candidates who appeared for the NEET examination this year.

In the letter to CBSE chairperson Anita Karwal, Gandhi called for putting in place additional safeguards to prevent such a breach in the future.

The Congress leader’s letter comes following reports that personal data, including names, phone numbers and email ids of over 2 lakh candidates, who appeared for CBSE’s National Eligibility and Entrance Test this year were available for a price on some online portals.

“I am shocked by this wide-scale theft of personal data that has compromised the privacy of candidates across the country,” Gandhi said in his letter.

He said it highlighted the “serious lack of safeguards” to prevent data breach, and called into question the ability of the CBSE to ensure the sanctity of the examination process.