Three traffic police personnel were sent to the district lines for allegedly extorting money from drivers of commercial vehicles plying in the city, police told on Saturday.
The officials, identified as, Head Constable Naresh Kumar and constables Kuldeep and Bhup Singh, were caught by a special surveillance team of Delhi Police's Vigilance department in two separate operations, said a senior police official.
In the first operation, conducted on December 7, the surveillance team found out that Naresh Kumar and Kuldeep allegedly used to confiscate papers of commercial vehicles at an intersection on Minto Road.