New Delhi: Senior Security Officer Mr. K Vijay Kumar IPS, who was credited for eliminating Veerappan, has resigned as the senior security advisor in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Mr. Kumar had given his resignation letter some time ago stating personal reasons, has vacated his accommodation in Delhi and relocated to Chennai.
Mr. K. Vijay Kumar IPS expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, MHA officials and the chiefs of police forces of all the states for extending cooperation throughout his tenure.
Mr. K. Vijay Kumar IPS was mostly advising the government on issues of Left-Wing Extremism, besides on Jammu and Kashmir.
The 1975-batch Indian Police Service 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).
Mr. K. Vijay Kumar had served as the advisor to the governor of Jammu and Kashmir before being re-appointed as the senior security advisor in the MHA in 2019.
He has also served as the chief of the Special Task Force (STF), Tamil Nadu, which was tasked with hunting down Veerappan, the Commissioner of the Chennai Police and the Inspector General of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Kashmir.
Veerappan was killed in 2004 in a meticulously planned operation led by Mr. K. Vijay Kumar in Tamil Nadu.
