Jaipur, March 14 -- The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Rajasthan Police has arrested 20 accused in connection with a racket involving forged taekwondo certificates and fake verification reports used to secure jobs under the outstanding sportsperson quota in the 2022 direct recruitment for third-grade teachers, officials said on Friday. Additional DGP (SOG) Vishal Bansal said coordinated raids were conducted on Thursday at multiple locations across 14 districts of Rajasthan and one location in Haryana. During the simultaneous raids, 19 candidates and one other accused allegedly involved in the fraud were detained and later arrested. According to officials, the investigation revealed a sophisticated plan involving a fake email ID created in the name of the Taekwondo Federation of India. The email was used to send forged verification reports to the education department confirming the authenticity of sports certificates submitted by candidates applying under the sportsperson quota. The fraud came to light when investigators examined an email found on the mobile phone of one of the candidates. The message claimed that the candidates' taekwondo certificates had been verified and a report had been sent to education department. However, a detailed examination raised suspicion when officials noticed that the word "Secretary" in the email address had been misspelled as "Secreatary." This discrepancy prompted further scrutiny. The SOG sought details from Gmail about the suspicious email account and also contacted the Taekwondo Federation of India to obtain a list of its office bearers. The probe revealed the fake email ID had been created from Dubai and was being operated by a person identified as Vimalendu Kumar Jha. Officials said Jha's name did not appear in the list of office bearers or members of the Taekwondo Federation of India. He was subsequently arrested, and based on his interrogation, another accused, Ravi Sharma, was also taken into custody. The SIM linked to the mobile number used to create the fake email ID was recovered from Jha. Police said the conspiracy began after the Directorate of Elementary Education sent emails to the Taekwondo Federation of India seeking verification of sports certificates submitted by candidates selected under the outstanding sportsperson quota in the 2022 recruitment process. The accused allegedly obtained a copy of the official verification email sent by the education department and created a similar-looking fake email ID. Using this email, they sent forged verification reports to the department confirming authenticity of the candidates' taekwondo certificates, police said. The arrested candidates are from several districts including Churu, Bhilwara, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Nagaur, Jalore, Jodhpur, Hanumangarh, Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner and Balotra. Preliminary investigation has also revealed the involvement of middlemen who allegedly arranged fake certificates for candidates in exchange for large sums of money....