One gang sold fake stickers to commercial vehicle drivers to bypass no-entry bans. While, another targeted traffic police personnel through blackmail by extorting money. Both these syndicates were busted with the arrest of five men, the Delhi Police said.
According to the police, the main accused identified as Rajkumar alias Raju Meena and Jeeshan Ali were leading separate crime syndicates that exploited transporters and government officials through systematic extortion. The police claim they have also arrested three associates of Jeeshan—Chandan Kumar Chaudhary, Dilip Kumar, and Dina Nath Chaudhary—who were responsible for field operations and sticker distribution.
“The investigation revealed that the accused were actively involved in running parallel systems—one selling fake stickers to commercial vehicles for Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per month, and another extorting money from traffic police personnel by fabricating videos of them performing their duties” DCP (Crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said.
The syndicates operated through dedicated WhatsApp groups that coordinated routes, checkpoints, and safe passages for commercial vehicles during no-entry restrictions, the police said. “Sticker designs, colors and codes were changed monthly to avoid detection by the police. Drivers were guaranteed free movement within Delhi,” a police officer said.
Rajkumar was arrested on December 8, and a case under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) was registered against him for leading a crime network operational since 2015.
Jeeshan Ali, the police said, was the mastermind who manufactured and distributed over 2,000 stickers monthly and directed operations through multiple bank accounts in the names of his wife, brothers and friends.
“He printed special stickers each month and issued real-time directions to drivers for navigating police pickets. He used multiple bank accounts to receive ill-gotten money and had previously been involved in two extortion cases in Haryana,” DCP Yadav said.
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Meanwhile, Rajkumar’s extortion gang primarily targeted traffic police personnel by recording officers using spy cameras.
“Rajkumar’s syndicate deployed drivers with spy cameras to record traffic police during enforcement, then manipulated these recordings to blackmail officers. False complaints were lodged to exert pressure, later withdrawn after receiving the demanded money,” DCP Yadav said.
Approximately 1,200 fake stickers, two rubber stamps, one pistol with five live cartridges, spy cameras, and multiple mobile phones containing incriminating evidence have been recovered from the two syndicates, officers said.
Financial investigation and digital forensic analysis are underway.
