Former advisor to the Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, K Vijay Kumar, has been appointed as a senior security advisor in the Union Home Ministry headed by Amit Shah, an official order said.
The 1975-batch officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS) will “advise the ministry on security related matters of Union Territory of JK and Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected States,” the order said.
The appointment order, issued by the Union Home Ministry on December 3, stated that 67-year-old Kumar will be in the position for a period of one year from the date of his taking charge.
Vijay Kumar had previously served as the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Director of the National Police Academy in Hyderabad and his most talked about stint was as the chief of the Tamil Nadu police special task force that killed sandalwood smuggler Veerappan in 2004.
After his retirement from service and as DG, CRPF in 2012, Kumar was appointed as senior security advisor (LWE) in the Home Ministry then headed by Rajnath Singh.
In June 2018, Jammu and Kashmir was placed under Governor’s rule after the state Assembly was suspended. Then too, Vijay Kumar was brought in to advise Governor NN Vohra. Following the abrogation of Article 370 in the valley, Vijay Kumar’s name was floated as a contender for the post of Lieutenant Governor.
In October, however, former IAS officer and ex principal secretary to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, GC Murmu, was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
Source: The News Minute