ACB Files FIR Over Alleged Illegal Hiring at SICOP Jammu, Names Ex-MD and DGM

Overview

• FIR No. 01/2026 was registered at ACB Jammu under Sections 5(1)(d) read with 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code.
• The case names former SICOP managing director R.K. Razdan, now retired, and Kunal Choudhary, who currently serves as deputy general manager.
• According to the ACB, Choudhary was engaged in 2006 as a temporary technical assistant without any public advertisement or invitation of applications.
• The bureau says he was regularised after six months without meeting eligibility criteria or any government policy sanction for such regularisation.
• Investigators allege he was later promoted without considering seniority or issuing advertisements, and they state that further investigation is ongoing.