Embellished police officer Okay Vijay Kumar, who was credited for eliminating forest brigand Veerappan, has resigned because the senior safety advisor within the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (MHA).
Kumar, who put in his papers generally in the past as a result of private causes, has vacated his lodging in Delhi and relocated to Chennai.
“I’m now based mostly in Chennai after I made a decision to finish my stint with the MHA as a result of private causes,” he informed PTI over the cellphone.
Kumar expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah, Nationwide Safety Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, MHA officers and the chiefs of police forces of all of the states for extending cooperation all through his tenure.
Kumar was principally advising the federal government on problems with Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), in addition to on Jammu and Kashmir.
The 1975-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer was appointed because the senior safety officer of the MHA after his superannuation from service in 2012 because the director normal of the Central Reserve Police Pressure (CRPF).
He served because the advisor to the governor of Jammu and Kashmir earlier than being re-appointed because the senior safety advisor within the MHA in 2019.
Kumar has additionally served because the chief of the Particular Process Pressure (STF), Tamil Nadu, which was tasked with looking down Veerappan, the commissioner of the Chennai Police and the inspector normal of the Border Safety Pressure (BSF) in Kashmir.
Veerappan was killed in 2004 in a meticulously deliberate operation led by Kumar in Tamil Nadu.