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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.
IPS officer K Vijay Kumar was the chief of the Special Task Force that killed Veerappan in an encounter in 2004. (Twitter/AFP) The structure of Kumar’s book adds to its pace.
Oct 15, 2022 · The 1975-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer was appointed as the senior security officer of the MHA after his superannuation from service in 2012 as the director general of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Vijay Kumar has retired from the IPS since then and is currently an Advisor to the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir. He still continues to inspire police officers and troops across the country for his daredevilry and awe-inspiring body of work. Read on for more on the story of super-cop K Vijay Kumar.
Dec 6, 2019 · According to an official order by the MHA, K Vijay Kumar, a 1975-batch officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS) will advise the ministry on security-related matters of Union Territory of JK and Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected States.
Jun 6, 2016 · Retired IPS officer K Vijay Kumar is currently writing the nearly 1,000 page book on Veerappan, who had ruled 6,000 sq km forest in three Southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala for more than two decades, poached over 200 elephants, smuggled ivory worth hundreds of crore of rupees and killed more than 180 people, mostly police and ...
Nov 1, 2004 · A 1975 batch IPS officer from the Tamil Nadu cadre, Kumar has made sure that he was always in the thick of action. He headed the Special Security Group of Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa in 1992. When the STF was formed in 1993 to catch Veerappan, the then STF head Walter Dawaram wanted Kumar to assist him.
Oct 15, 2022 · The 1975-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer was appointed as the senior security officer of the MHA after his superannuation from service in 2012 as the director general of the Central...
Jun 7, 2016 · The almost 1000 page book on Veerappan is being written by retired IPS officer K Vijay Kumar. “It is a first-hand experience book. My aim is to give a clear and correct picture on how...
Oct 7, 2017 · Retired IPS officer K Vijay Kumar is known for his incredible work in leading the Special Task Force that took out bandit Veerappan during Operation Cocoon of 2004. He has described his first-hand experience in Veerappan's encounter in his new book Chasing the Brigand.
