India, Feb. 7 -- Delhi Police's vigilance department has registered a first information report (FIR) against an IPS officer on charges of abusing authority, illegal detention, unauthorised raids, and misappropriation of seized property during a 2023 narcotics operation in south west Delhi.

Police identified the officer as Shankar Choudhary, who was the superintendent of police (Narcotics), Mizoram, at the time.

The FIR, registered on Thursday and seen by HT, has been registered under sections 166 (public servant disobeying law), 341 and 342 (wrongful confinement), and 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) following a detailed vigilance inquiry.

According to the FIR, Choudhary "personally led raids in the Dabri-B...