India, June 23 -- Amid a heated political slugfest over a Karnataka Congress mega rally in Bengaluru causing students to miss the NEET-UG retest on Sunday, the city traffic police fact-checked the claims and revealed that candidates departing for examination centres later and taking longer routes were the actual reasons some missed the retest.

Bengaluru traffic police said on Tuesday that it analysed CCTV footage and verified the routes taken by NEET students to determine why some candidates arrived at their examination centres after the cut-off time for entry.

Justifying its measures, the city police said traffic conditions in Bengaluru were normal on the day of the retest, adding that traffic personnel facilitated movement wherever re...