Senior IPS officer IPS Shankar Choudhary (IPS:2011:AGMUT), currently posted as OSD at Police Headquarters in Mizoram since October 2025 and formerly Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) in Delhi, has been booked by the Delhi Police Vigilance Unit in connection with an alleged illegal inter-state raid and unlawful detention of a Nigerian national in 2023. The FIR follows an inquiry initiated on the directions of the Union Home Ministry and relates to a raid conducted in Delhi’s Dabri area on November 26, 2023, when Choudhary was serving with the Mizoram Police and allegedly operated without informing or coordinating with Delhi Police authorities.
According to the probe findings, the foreign national was taken from his residence and kept at Mizoram House in Delhi from November 26 to November 29 without formal arrest, court production, or documented seizure procedures, while a subsequent PCR call alleged extortion linked to the detention. The vigilance case against IPS Shankar Choudhary has been registered under relevant IPC provisions, and further legal as well as departmental proceedings are expected based on the outcome of the investigation.
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