Overview
- The Crime Branch reported five arrests, naming alleged masterminds Rajkumar alias Raju Meena and Jeeshan Ali.
- Rajkumar’s group allegedly blackmailed traffic personnel by deploying drivers with spy cameras and manipulating recordings, with operations traced back to 2015.
- Jeeshan’s network allegedly sold monthly ‘marka’ stickers for ₹2,000–5,000 to enable no-entry transits, using WhatsApp groups for real-time route and picket updates.
- Sections 3 and 4 of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act were added to the FIR on December 8 after months of surveillance and technical analysis.
- Investigators recovered about 1,200 fake stickers, rubber stamps, spy cameras, a Webley pistol with cartridges, phones and a desktop, and are tracing multi-state operations and payments routed through relatives’ accounts.