ACB carries out searches at residence of brother of Deputy CM in Jammu

“Yes, we are conducting raids at Vijay Singh Chaudhary’s residence in Santokh Vihar, two stone crushers in Jammu and at his ancestral place in Nowshera of Rajouri district,” said the officer, who declined to be named, adding that “The police inspector was sent on deputation to Ladakh on September 16, 2025. Ever since he was repatriated from Ladakh, he hasn’t resumed duties in J&K,” said the ACB officer.

He informed that raids commenced around 6 am, adding that more searches are likely to be carried out as the investigations proceeds.

“Based on a specific input, a verification was conducted by J&K ACB into the allegations of possession of huge disproportionate assets by Vijay Singh Choudhary, inspector J&K Police, in Nowshera of Rajouri district (presently putting up at Santokh Vihar, Kaluchack in Jammu) posted in UT of Ladakh, which revealed that the suspect while posted in different places raised huge assets amounting to crores of rupees, which were found highly disproportionate to his known sources of income,” read an official statement issued.