Gurugram, Nov. 11 -- Traffic police personnel in Gurugram will be assigned new postings every 60 days through a computerised random allocation system and will be required to wear body cameras while stopping or checking vehicles, under new measures announced by police commissioner Sibash Kabiraj on Tuesday following the arrest of a home guard for alleged extortion.

The directions come after a home guard allegedly extorted a gift hamper from the occupants of a car stopped for checking near Shankar Chowk on Saturday. Dashcam footage of the incident was widely shared on social media, prompting police action.

An FIR was registered under Section 308(2) (extortion) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at DLF Phase-3 police station on Sunday, a...