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Kumar assumes office as advisor to governor
KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 6/23/2018 11:27:43 AM
SRINAGAR, Jun 22: K Vijay Kumar, IPS (Retd) assumed office as advisor to governor here today.
He was welcomed by principal secretary home, R K Goyal and other senior officers at the Civil Secretariat here.
Kumar was till recently holding the post of senior security adviser to the union ministry of home affairs.
A 1975-batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, Kumar has served earlier in the Kashmir Valley, as inspector general of the border security force (BSF) between 1998 and 2001.
He also served as the director general of the CRPF between 2010 and 2012, before he was appointed as a senior security advisor in MHA.
In 2008, Vijay Kumar was chosen to head the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad.
Immediately after assuming office as adviser to the governor, Kumar reviewed the security situation with the top police brass during a meeting here.
The meeting was attended by director general of police S P Vaid, the director general of prisons, special DG and other officers.
During the meeting, detailed discussion was held on the prevailing security situation in Kashmir, the spokesman said.
Kumar stressed on close synergy between security agencies for maintaining peace.
Regarding the security in jails, he asked for better security management of prisons viz-a-viz modern gadgetry and infrastructure, the spokesman said.