Chandigarh, Aug. 17 -- The municipal corporation's (MC) enforcement wing has come under the scanner after a civic body employee, identified as Vikas from Sector-25, alleged a large-scale extortion racket within the department.

The controversy began last week when Vikas, a baildar working in the enforcement wing, released a video claiming that most inspectors in the wing are earning lakhs of rupees each month by collecting money from street vendors. He asserted that for two-and-a-half years, he himself worked as a collector for one inspector but was dismissed from his job when he refused to extract larger sums.

Vikas alleged that unlicensed vendors were routinely forced to pay between Rs.2,000 and Rs.3,000 each, with the amounts being co...