Overview
- Coordinated March 12 raids across 14 Rajasthan districts and one Haryana location led to the arrests, police said.
- Those held include 19 candidates accused of securing Grade III teacher posts under the sports quota using forged credentials.
- A misspelling of “secretary” in a purported federation email tipped off investigators, who later recovered a screenshot referencing 39 candidates.
- Police say the account was operated by middleman Vimalendu Kumar Jha; he and associate Ravi Sharma were arrested and the SIM used to create the email was seized.
- A case has been registered under IPC sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B and IT Act Section 66-D, as probes continue into brokers, payment flows and additional suspects.