Three traffic police personnel in Delhi were suspended after a video of them allegedly distributing cash became widely circulated on social media.

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena said in a post on X on Saturday that the three police personnel had been suspended.

Taking cognisance of the video, after preliminary investigation, the three police personnel were suspended, he said in Hindi.

A detailed departmental inquiry is also underway, he added.

The video on social media purports to show the three traffic police personnel, including two assistant sub-inspectors, distributing cash.

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