New Delhi, June 8 -- New Delhi: In one of the biggest crackdowns on organised extortion networks in the national capital, the Anti Robbery and Snatching Cell (ARSC) of the Delhi Crime Branch has filed a sprawling chargesheet of over 3,000 pages against an alleged criminal syndicate accused of blackmailing police personnel and government officials through hidden camera operations, edited videos and fabricated complaints.

According to DCP Crime Branch Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, the syndicate had allegedly built a multi-crore extortion empire by systematically targeting on-duty traffic police personnel across Delhi. Gang members allegedly trapped officials by offering small bribes to avoid challans, secretly recording the exchanges and later usin...