A government school lecturer in Rajasthan has been arrested for allegedly using forged documents to fraudulently secure his job, highlighting concerns over recruitment process integrity.
The Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Rajasthan Police has arrested a government school lecturer for allegedly securing his job using forged documents submitted in a competitive examination, officials said on Thursday.
Additional Director General (SOG) Vishal Bansal said the accused, Ashok Kumar Yadav (33), a resident of Kaladera in Chomu, was arrested on Wednesday night.
Yadav was posted as a lecturer (Agriculture) at Shaheed Gajraj Singh Government Senior Secondary School in Divrala, Sikar district.
The case relates to the Lecturer (Agriculture Science) Recruitment Examination-2022 conducted by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission. The SOG registered a case in March 2026 following complaints of irregularities in the recruitment process.
During the investigation, it emerged that the accused did not possess the required qualifications at the time of application and allegedly secured selection by submitting forged academic credentials.
Officials said Yadav is suspected to have colluded with functionaries of OPJS University to obtain backdated fake mark sheets for B.Ed (2020â 22) and M.Sc. Agriculture (Agronomy) (2018â 20), which were then used in his application.
The accused was produced before a court on Thursday and remanded in custody for five days for further interrogation, police said.