New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Delhi Police's vigilance department has registered an 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, 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. Choudhary "personally led raids in the Dabri-Bindapur area between 21 and 29 November 2023 without any written authorisation". CCTV footage, cited in the FIR, showed Choudhary, accompanied by Delhi Police personnel, entering the residence of a Nigerian national identified as Harrison at 3.34 am on November 26, staying for nearly two hours and leaving at 5.40 am carrying a locker and two bags. No seizure memo, inventory list or panchnama was prepared, the document read. "This act tantamounts to illegal search and seizure, contravening sections 100, 165 and 166 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)," the FIR notes. The vigilance probe found that Harrison was taken from his residence and kept confined at Mizoram House in Vasant Vihar from November 26 to 29, 2023, without any arrest memo or court production.The FIR recommends criminal prosecution against Choudhary Neither Choudhary nor Harrison could be reached for comment.htc...