K. S. Vyas

Kota Srinivas Vyas
KS Vyas bust in Vijayawada
Died (1993-01-27)January 27, 1993
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
(now in Telangana, India)
Cause of death Assassination by shooting
Nationality Indian
Occupation IPS Officer
Spouse(s) Aruna Vyas
Parent(s)
  • Akondi Kamala Devi (mother)

Kota Srinivas Vyas was an Andhra Pradesh cadre Indian Police Service officer of the 1974 batch.

Personal life

In 1976 Vyas married Aruna, an author, literary speaker and translator of books by Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam from Sanskrit to Telugu.

Career

K.S Vyas was the first superintendent of police for the Vijayawada urban district, which was formed in 1983. He became a cult figure among youths in the State wanting to join the police force.

Vyas successfully dealt with Vijayawada Rowdy menace in 1980's. He was the first police officer to arrest the goons and in one incident he arrested Vangaveeti MOHAN Ranga and instead of taking him to the police station by police van, he made Ranga walk the entire two kilometers. This incident was a sensation at that time and instantly made him a super hero.

In 1989, he founded the elite. Greyhounds[1] police unit for anti-naxal operationsand also founded the Special Investigation Branch (SIB) that provided intelligence support on the subject. He became joint director of the Andhra Pradesh Police Academy (APPA).

Death

K.S Vyas was high on PWG's hit list because he was the architect of the elite Greyhounds to be exclusively involved in anti-naxalite operations in the state. Though he was moved out of anti-Naxalite task force, he was consulted regularly on operations.[2]

Vyas was assassinated at gun point by Mohammed Nayeemuddin and four other members of the CPI (M-L) People's War Group (PWG), on 27 January 1993 while taking an evening jog at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad.[3][4][5] GreyHounds commandos gunned down Nayeemuddin at the Millenium Township in Shadnagar, 48 km from Hyderabad, on 8 August 2016.[6][7]

A police complex has been named after Vyas in Vijayawada and an annual memorial lecture is given at the APPA.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Andhra+model/1/91900.html
  2. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/banned-naxalite-group-catches-andhra-pradesh-authorities-on-the-wrong-foot/1/301751.html
  3. ↑ "Renegade Naxal had the blood of an IPS officer on his hands". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Vyas remembered for uprightness". The Hindu. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  5. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Three-acquitted-in-DIG-Vyas-murder-case/articleshow/3739069.cms
  6. ↑ "Maoist renegade Nayeem's encounter: AP's Greyhounds avenge founder's murder - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Nayeemuddin involved in killing of IPS officer Vyas". https://www.deccanchronicle.com/. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2018. External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/row-over-naming-of-police-building-after-ks-vyas/article1714327.ece
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