Shadow Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 08 :
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday transferred Additional Director General of Police Vijay Kumar to the Delhi AGMUT cadre. As per an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, with the approval of the Competent Authority, Vijay Kumar, IPS 1997, is hereby transferred from Jammu and Kashmir to the Delhi segment of the AGMUT cadre with immediate effect and until further orders.
During his tenure as IGP and ADGP Kashmir, the fight against terrorism remained one of his main focuses.
Hailing from Saharsa district of Bihar, Kumar has an MA from JNU, New Delhi.
He has served in some of the most troubled areas of the Kashmir region, including Pulwama, Awantipora, Kulgam, and Anantnag.
Furthermore, he is the only IPS officer of the erstwhile JK cadre who has experience in both handling anti-terrorism and anti-Maoist operations, as well as managing law and order issues inside and outside J&K.
Kumar has the most extensive field experience in the Kashmir region among all serving IPS officers of the erstwhile J&K cadre and has also served in the SOG, an anti-terrorism wing of the J&K Police, in south Kashmir.
