K. S. Vyas

Kota Srinivas Vyas
KS Vyas bust in Vijayawada
Died	January 27, 1993(1993-01-27) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana, India)
Cause of death	Assassination by shooting
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	IPS Officer
Spouse(s)	Aruna Vyas
Parent(s)	Akondi Kamala Devi (mother)

Kota Srinivas Vyas was an Andhra Pradesh cadre Indian Police Service officer of the 1974 batch.

Personal life

In 1976 Vyas married Aruna, an author, literary speaker and translator of books by Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam from Sanskrit to Telugu.

Career

K.S Vyas was the first superintendent of police for the Vijayawada urban district, which was formed in 1983. He became a cult figure among youths in the State wanting to join the police force.

Vyas successfully dealt with Vijayawada Rowdy menace in 1980's. He was the first police officer to arrest the goons and in one incident he arrested Vangaveeti Ranga and instead of taking him to the police station by police van, he made Ranga walk the entire two kilometers. This incident was a sensation at that time and instantly made him a hero.

In 1989, he founded the elite Greyhounds^[1] police unit to counter anti-naxalite operations also Special Investigation Branch (SIB) that provided intelligence support on the subject. He became joint director of the Andhra Pradesh Police Academy (APPA).

Death

K.S Vyas was high on PWG's hit list because he was the architect of the elite Greyhounds to be exclusively involved in anti-naxalite operations in the state. Thou he was moved out of anti-Naxalite task force, he was consulted regularly on operations.^[2]

He was assassinated at gun point by the naxalites of PWG on 27 January 1993 while jogging at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad.^[3][4] The main accuser of his killing Nayeem was gunned down by police on August 8, 2016.

A police complex has been named after Vyas in Vijayawada and an annual memorial lecture is given at the APPA.^[5]

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