Officer who broke back of naxals, killed Veerappan heads to Kashmir
K Vijay Kumar, the officer who led the operation which killed Veerappan is now heading to Jammu and Kashmir. He has been named as an adviser to the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, N N Vohra.
Chattisgarh cadre IAS officer, B V R Subrahmayam was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir. He replaced B B Vyas. The Union Home Ministry cleared the names of the advisers a day after the state was put under President's rule, following the BJP pulling out of the coalition.
Vyas, considered to be a trusted lieutenant of Vohra was last month given a one month extension. The Personnel Ministry has also amended the service rules to provide extension to Vyas beyond 60 years of age of superannuation. Till the new rule came into force, the state chief secretary retired on attaining the age of 60 years.
Vyas, who was due to superannuate in November last year, was given two extensions of three months each till May-end, to remain the chief secretary.
K Vijay Kumar had earlier served in the Kashmir Valley as Inspector General of BSF 1998-2001 when the border guarding force was actively involved in the counter-militancy operations.
He
has
shot
to
fame
when
he
headed
the
Special
Task
Force
where
he
had
strategised
operations
that
led
to
the
killing
of
dreaded
forest
brigand,
Veerappan
in
October
2004.
He
was
also
appointed
as
the
Director
General
of
the
CRPF,
after
naxalites
had
killed
75
personnel
in
Dantewada
back
in
2010.
The
Appointments
Committee
of
the
Cabinet
headed
by
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
had
approved
that
the
services
of
Subrahmanyam,
a
1987-batch
IAS
officer
of
the
Chhattisgarh
cadre,
are
placed
at
the
disposal
of
the
Jammu
and
Kashmir
government,
an
order
issued
by
Union
Personnel
Ministry
has
said.