"Crime Branch was working on information that some criminal gangs in outer Delhi area were extorting money from toll companies at various toll nakas. These companies were in turn settling and negotiating protection money by hiring rival criminals instead of taking legal action," said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner(Crime) of Police.
A team of Crime Branch working on an input arrested a notorious criminal Krishan Kumar (29) alias Sunny from a five star hotel in Rohini on April 20. Two illegal double barrel shot guns were also recovered from him, he said.
"He revealed that as per an oral agreement he received Rs 36 lakh as protection money from the South Delhi Municipal Corporation's toll tax concessionaire 'DEP Toll'. He also admitted having such an arrangement with previous concessionaire SMYR Consortium," said the officer.
In return he used to help the company in settling disputes with locals or other criminal gang members at different toll check points in outer Delhi.
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Sunny's gang involved about 20 persons in the age group 20-35 whom he paid Rs 10-15,000 as salary. Some of his gang members owned licenced weapons.
A partner of DEP Toll, Ajay Agarwal said that the company had nothing to do with the accused arrested by Crime Branch.
"I am hearing his name for the first time. If he claims receiving protection money from us then he must be lying. We do not pay protection money," Agarwal said.
Sunny was earlier arrested for attacking a person at Jonti Road MCD toll tax check point in 2011. He had also attacked a Delhi Police sub inspector at Ladrawan toll tax check point in 2013.