K. Vijay Kumar

K Vijay Kumar
IPS
K Vijay Kumar IPS With SVPNPA Staff in 2012
Born Krishnan Vijay Kumar
(1952-09-15) September 15, 1952
Alma mater Madras Christian College
Police career
Department Indian Police Service
Country India
Years of service 1975-2012
Rank Director General of Police
Other work

K Vijay Kumar, IPS (born 15 September 1952) is a retired IPS officer. He was the Chief of the Special Task Force of Tamil Nadu that was involved in the death of the Veerappan during Operation Cocoon of 2004. He had also been the senior advisor to Home Ministry for the Left Wing Extremism areas.

Early life

He was born and brought up in Tamil Nadu. His father Mr. Krishnamoorthy Nair was a retired Police Officer. He has a bachelor’s and master’s in Law (BL and ML) from Madras University; and an MBA from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). In 2010, he also earned his Master in Business Law degree at National Law School of India University, Bangalore.[1]

K Vijay Kumar

Career

Vijay Kumar joined the Indian Police Service on 10 November 1975. He served as Assistant superintendent in Pattukkottai, Trichy and Sembiam. As Superintendent of Police, he served in Dharmapuri from 1982 to 1983 and Salem from 1983 to 1985. He assisted Walter Devaram during this tenure. He Served from 1985 to 1990 in the Elite Special Protection Group (SPG) with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.In 1990 he was posted as the SP of Dindigul district followed by Vellore district in 1991. He dealt with the Bus conductors and drivers strike with a firm hand. In 1991 he along with Sanjay Arora went on to form the Special Security Group (SSG) to provide security to Former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.In 1997 he was posted as the first Inspector General of Police for the South Zone of Tamil Nadu after having handled the caste clashes in the southern districts. He served from 1998 to 2000 as the Inspector General, Border Security Force (BSF) Srinagar during the peak of militancy. He also served as IG(Operations), BSF before being recalled to the state to head the operations to hunt the forest brigand Veerapan. In December 2001 he was appointed Commissioner of Police for Chennai city. The highlight of his career came was when he headed the task force operation, Operation Cocoon that killed Veerappan in October 2004.[2]

In 2008, Vijay Kumar was chosen to head the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad.[3][4] He served as the Director-general of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from 2010 to 2012. In December 2012, the Union government appointed him as Senior Security Adviser in Ministry of Home Affairs in Government of India.[5]

In June 2018, K Vijay Kumar, is appointed as adviser to Governor Vohra. Kumar's in Jammu & Kashmir along with Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer BVR Subrahmanyam.

K Vijay Kumar, a 1975-batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre had earlier served in the Kashmir Valley as Inspector General of BSF 1998-2001 when the border guarding force was actively involved in the counter-militancy operations.

Sixty-five-year-old Vijay Kumar had shot to fame when he headed the Special Task Force (STF) for a long time and strategised operations that culminated in the elimination of the dreaded sandalwood smuggler Veerappan in October 2004.

He was appointed as Director General of the world's largest paramilitary force -- CRPF-- after naxals killed 75 personnel in Dantewada in 2010.

The names of adviser was cleared by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Government of India after the state was put under the Governor's rule

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In 2013, Kannada film Attahasa, also made as Vana Yuddham in Tamil, based on the life and death of Veerappan, the role of Vijay Kumar was played by Arjun Sarja, and in 2016 the role was essayed by K. S. Sridhar in Killing Veerappan.[7]

Book

In his book, Veerappan: Chasing the Brigand ( ISBN 978-81-291-4530-7), gives an account of the rise and fall of Veerappan. The last section details about the Operation Cocoon.

References

  1. ↑ The Times Of India Bangalore; Sep 6, 2010; Education Times; Page: 32 ‘Great to be a student again’
  2. ↑ "Veerappan shot dead". The Hindu. 18 October 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Vijay Kumar chosen to head National Police Academy". The Hindu. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  4. ↑ "Thiru K Vijay Kumar IPS, the Chief of the STF called on the Hon'ble Chief Minister at Secretariat". Government of Tamil Nadu. 2004-10-21. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  5. ↑ "Vijay Kumar appointed Senior Security Adviser in Home Ministry". The Hindu. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Governor NN Vohra takes charge of Jammu and Kashmir; former top cop Vijay Kumar made his adviser". The News Minute. 20 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Operation Cocoon takes a reel turn". The Times of India. Dec 13, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
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