Sex, lies, video: How 100-member spy-cam gang targeted Delhi cops

NEW DELHI: At archetypal sight, it seemed similar a regular postulation enforcement cognition successful the superior — a commercialized conveyance operator being pulled up for a usurpation and a bull issuing a challan earlier letting him pass.

However, determination was a twist — galore of these drivers, equipped with hidden spy cameras, were acting connected the acquisition of a highly organised transgression syndicate to grounds the enactment successful a high-tech sting operation. Once collected, the earthy footage became the instauration of a blase blackmail operation. Many of the recordings were doctored to trap the constabulary personnel, forming the ground for threats and extortion demands.

To summation the pressure, repeated mendacious complaints of alleged corruption were lodged against the targeted officers, triggering departmental inquiries and terrible nonrecreational stress. Once the syndicate, chiefly operating successful northeast Delhi, successfully extorted the targets, the mendacious complaints were withdrawn, leaving the officers susceptible and financially drained.Some clip ago, the accused adjacent demanded intersexual favours from a fewer pistillate postulation unit successful lieu of not making their videos viral, a elder serviceman said.

Many postulation officers adjacent opted for transportation retired of the circles wherever this pack was active, helium added.

After the gang, tally by Raju Meena and Jeeshan Ali, was busted, determination were mixed feelings successful the postulation unit. While immoderate breathed a suspiration of relief, others were rattled arsenic the probe besides focused connected colluding officers. The archetypal probe has indicated that immoderate postulation cops were manus successful mitt with the gang.

A postulation bull told TOI that the radical mightiness person much than 100 members.

"Meena would inquire postulation cops to let trucks to walk during no-entry timings. One of his men would beryllium stationed astatine pickets oregon circumstantial locations to facilitate the transition and cod money, which was past shared. If a policeman refused to cooperate, Meena would people him," helium added.Another serviceman said the pack would initially effort to lure postulation policemen by offering money. If the bull refused, the pack would inactive secretly grounds them — whether portion issuing on-the-spot challans oregon during regular activities similar making purchases and payments astatine shops — and manipulate the footage to intimidate oregon unit them."In 1 case, the pack tried to trap a sub-inspector portion the serviceman was making a outgo astatine a store and transferred excess money, which the shopkeeper was returning successful cash. The full incidental was recorded and a ailment was filed 15 days later. During the inquiry, the shopkeeper, however, said helium did not cognize the SI and recounted the afloat sequence," helium added."If, contempt the intimidation, an serviceman continued to reason Meena's amerciable activities, helium would nonstop an subordinate posing arsenic a complainant, on with the video, to a govt agency, falsely alleging bribery and prompting the bureau to behaviour a raid oregon instrumentality enactment against the staffer," the serviceman said.DCP Sanjeev Yadav said the syndicate utilized to alteration the amerciable stickers each period — their design, colour and codes — to debar detection. "The mobile numbers displayed connected the stickers were besides changed connected a monthly basis," helium added.