Senior officers remember Vijayakumar as an efficient, self-made policeman
The Hindu
Senior police officers have recalled that C. Vijayakumar, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Coimbatore Range, who allegedly shot himself to death on Friday, was a self-made officer who excelled in all the tasks assigned to him
Senior police officers on Friday recalled that C. Vijayakumar, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Coimbatore Range, who allegedly shot himself to death on Friday, was a self-made officer who excelled in all the tasks assigned to him.
Two years after joining the force as a Deputy Superintendent of Police by clearing the TNPSC Group I examination, Vijayakumar was roped into the special team of the Tamil Nadu police that launched an operation to crack down on the notorious Bawaria gang, which specialised in organised dacoity and robbery, in 2005.
As a DSP, Vijayakumar was part of the meticulously planned operation of the Tamil Nadu police that led to the gunning down of two members of the gang in Uttar Pradesh and the arrest of the others. The operation was launched soon after the murder of AIADMK Gummidipoondi MLA K. Sudarsanam in January 2005.
“It is sad that we have lost one of our able police officers. He played a key role in the Bawaria operation,” said S.R. Jangid, former Director-General of Police, who led the operation as an Inspector-General of Police.
A. Arun, Additional Director-General of Police (Law & Order), remembered Vijayakumar as a very efficient officer. “He worked with dedication and earned praise wherever he worked,” he said.
While working in the police force, Vijayakumar aspired to become an IPS officer and cracked the UPSC examination in 2009.
“He was a self-made officer. With sheer determination, he wrote the UPSC and became an IPS officer. He was an officer with no allegation of corruption against him. He was also a very good field officer who went to the field without being prompted to do so by his superiors,” said V. Balakrishnan, Coimbatore City Commissioner of Police.