Sunday, October 3, 2010

Vijay Kumar to head CRPF

  • K. Vijay Kumar, 58, Director, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, will be the new Director-General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) headquartered in New Delhi. 
  • Mr. Vijay Kumar, a 1975-batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, is expected to take charge of his new assignment on Wednesday. He is the only IPS officer in the State to have been awarded with the President's Police Medal for Gallantry.
  • He shot to fame while leading Special Task Force operations against dreaded forest brigand Veerappan and his associates, who were gunned down in October 2004.

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