NEW DELHI, May 18: Former CRPF Director General and former Advisor to Governor J&K, K Vijay Kumar, will be conferred the Padma Shri by President Droupadi Murmu on May 25.
A 1975-batch IPS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, Kumar is known for heading the Special Task Force that eliminated forest brigand Veerappan in 2004 after a two-decade-long manhunt.
Vijay Kumar has also remained Advisor to the Governor between 2018 and 2020.
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