India, Dec. 11 -- The Delhi Police Crime Branch busted two organised crime syndicates involved in duping commercial vehicle drivers and extorting money from traffic personnel. Five men, including the alleged masterminds of both networks, have been arrested, said police on Wednesday.

One of the syndicates, led by Rajkumar Meena, arrested on Monday, allegedly extorted money from traffic police officials by deploying drivers who were instructed to violate traffic rules, record enforcement activity on spy cameras, and use the footage to blackmail the officers. Police said the videos were doctored with corruption allegations on the officers.

The gang operated in Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan and other states. DCP (crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said, "Th...