2017
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Raj Kumar
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Vijaya Bhaskar
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Ram Varma
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K Vijay Kumar
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vijay Kumar was the chief of the Special Task Force that was formed to capture Veerappan. He has detailed his team’s capture of the brigand, right from the latter’s birth in Gopinatham in 1952 to his death in a shootout in Padi, in his 2017 book Veerappan: Chasing the Brigand.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kumar has also served as the chief of the Special Task Force (STF), Tamil Nadu, which was given the job of hunting down Veerappan. The dacoit was killed in 2004 in a meticulously planned “Operation Cocoon” led by Kumar in Tamil Nadu.
Detailed explanation-3: -Decorated police officer K Vijay Kumar, who was credited for eliminating forest brigand Veerappan, has resigned as the senior security adviser in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).