Tempo Driver Sells House to Pay Rs 20 Lakh Jail Extortion, Exposes Rohini Jail Racket

A 25-year-old tempo driver has exposed a massive extortion racket operating inside Rohini Jail in New Delhi by filing a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB). The complaint has triggered an official investigation by the ACB into a network of prison staff who allegedly extorted around Rs 20 lakh from the driver over several months to protect his father and brother.

The complainant's father and brother are currently lodged inside Rohini Jail in connection with a murder case. According to sources, jail staff repeatedly threatened and harassed the two inmates, warning them of adverse treatment unless they paid up.

Fearing for the safety of his father and brother, and hoping to secure preferential treatment for them inside the jail, the 25-year-old driver continued paying the extortion money. His father and brother would regularly call him up from inside the prison and share mobile numbers or bank account details where the money had to be transferred.

Over several months, the driver claimed to have coughed up around Rs 20 lakh to various bank accounts in instalments. Every time he arranged some money, another demand would follow, with the jail staff providing the same assurance that his father and brother would be protected from harassment inside the jail.

The financial burden on the tempo driver became so severe that he was eventually forced to sell his house to arrange the extortion money. After suffering this severe financial distress, the driver took the step of exposing the prison extortion network by filing his complaint with the ACB, which is now investigating the case.