FIR registered; residence, ancestral home, business units searched
Jammu : The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday registered a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case against Police Inspector Vijay Singh Choudhary, brother of Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary, following a verification conducted on the basis of specific inputs.
According to an ACB statement the verification revealed that the accused officer, while posted at various places, allegedly amassed assets worth crores of rupees, which were found to be highly disproportionate to his known sources of income.
“It further surfaced that he had raised more than 10 properties, including houses, shops and land measuring around 100 kanals, valued in crores of rupees. Most of these assets were allegedly acquired in the names of his family members, relatives and other persons,” the statement reads.
The ACB said that on the basis of the verification, a prima facie case of criminal misconduct was established against Vijay Singh Choudhary under Section 13(1)(b) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Consequently, FIR No. 02/2026 was registered at Police Station ACB Central and investigation was taken up.
During the investigation, the ACB obtained search warrants from the Court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Jammu. Thereafter, ACB teams conducted searches at multiple locations linked to the accused.
The searched premises include his residential house at Santokh Vihar, Kaluchak, Jammu; his ancestral house at Nonial, Nowshera in Rajouri district; and business establishments including a stone crusher and a tile factory at Tutte Di Khui, Bajalta, Jammu.
The statement added that additional locations in Jammu were also searched under Section 185 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) based on further inputs received during the course of investigation.
“During the searches, incriminating documents were recovered and seized. Further investigation in the case is ongoing,” the ACB statement said.
