N. K. Senthamarai Kannan
N. K. Senthamarai Kannan IPS | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Alma mater | University of Madras |
| Police career | |
| Country | India |
| Department | Indian Police Service |
| Service years | 1997-present |
N. K. Senthamarai Kannan is a Police Commissioner, and former Inspector General of Police in the Indian Police Service.[1][2][3] He is the first Tiruppur city police commissioner.[4][5] He has also served as a Special Task Force spy who headed the intelligence wing in the Operation Cocoon,[1][2] behind the encounter with the notorious bandit Veerappan under the leadership of K. Vijay Kumar. The 2016 film Killing Veerappan is based on the operation carried out by him.[6][7] Kannan was a 1997-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who entered the State police service as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in 1999, and was later conferred IPS in 2003 with six years’ retrospective effect.[5]
References
- ^ a b "New IG assumes charge - The Hindu".
- ^ a b "The spy who spiked Veerappan". The Times of India.
- ^ "Abducted 4-year-old traced to AP". The New Indian Express.
- ^ "N.K Senthamarai Kannan SPS/IPS,promoted as IG of Police,in Tamil Nadu Government".
- ^ a b Staff Reporter. "Chief Minister declares open police commissionerate in Tirupur". The Hindu.
- ^ "Meet Senthamaraikannan, the supercop Shivarajkumar plays in Killing Veerappan". The News Minute.
- ^ "The end of Veerappan".