GHAZIABAD: Five traffic policemen, including three head constables and two constables, have been suspended for allegedly trying to extort money from cloth traders after they were stopped during checking in Masuri at NH-9. On Tuesday, TOI reported that four traders from Garh Mukteshwar made a complaint to Dr Iraj Raja, SP (rural), that five traffic cops had stopped them on NH-9 in Masuri on Sunday and demanded Rs 20,000 to let them go.
The traders were carrying Rs 2.3 lakh worth cash with them, which they said was to purchase some goods from Delhi.
They alleged that the traffic cops stopped them saying it was a weekend lockdown and then asked for Rs 20,000.