K. Vijay Kumar

K. Vijay Kumar Ex-IPS
K Vijay Kumar IPS With SVPNPA Staff 2012
Born	(1952-09-15) September 15, 1952 (age 64)
Alma mater	Madras Christian College
Police career
Department	Indian Police Service
Country	India
Years of service	1975-2012
Other work	Senior Security Adviser in Ministry of Home Affairs (India)

K. Vijay Kumar (born 15 September 1952) is a former officer in the Indian Police Service and was the Chief of the Special Task Force that was behind the brave encounter of the notorious bandit Veerappan during Operation Cocoon of 2004.

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 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 verrapan. 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 the forest brigand Veerappan in October 2004.