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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.
Oct 15, 2022 · Decorated police officer K Vijay Kumar, who was credited for eliminating forest brigand Veerappan, has resigned as the senior security advisor in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Kumar, who put in his papers sometimes ago due to personal reasons, has vacated his accommodation in Delhi and relocated to Chennai.
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.
On 18 October 2004, Veerappan and three of his associates were killed by the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force and N. K. Senthamarai Kannan under the leadership of K. Vijay Kumar. The encounter happened near the village of Papparapatti in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu.
Feb 25, 2017 · The 65-year-old former STF chief does push-ups on the Marina in Chennai. This is not in his book but Veerappan, India’s most notorious bandit, had K. Vijay Kumar, India’s most famous...
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.
Nov 1, 2004 · When a number of underground dons and criminals in Chennai fell to police bullets in 2001-3, human-rights activists blamed the then commissioner of police K. Vijay Kumar and nicknamed him Mr Encounter.
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 ...
Apr 1, 2017 · Veerappan was killed in 2004 after years of police effort - and the man who headed the operation, K Vijay Kumar, has narrated that story in a book, 'Veerappan - Chasing the Brigand'.
Oct 15, 2022 · Decorated police officer K Vijay Kumar, who was credited for eliminating forest brigand Veerappan, has resigned as the senior security advisor in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
