India, July 2 -- A Delhi Police sub inspector was suspended on Sunday for allegedly extorting families of six minor boys after he caught them fighting outside the Sarai Rohilla Railway Station in north Delhi on Saturday.

According to officers investigating the case, the boys are residents of Ghaziabad and had left home to visit Khatu Shyam temple in Rajasthan's Sikar. The SI, Balbir Singh, is also a resident of Ghaziabad.

Police said the boys were at the railway station in Sarai Rohilla when they got into a fight with another group of boys. Passersby called the police and informed about the fight.

Singh responded to the call, reached the spot, and took the boys to the police station. "He started calling their families and asked them to...