Daroga’s son Vijay became DGP in UP Police, got the award twice from the President by eliminating the militants

The inspiration received from the family environment in his childhood led the son of the inspector to the post of Director General of Police (DGP), the new head of the police department of the state. Khatibaba, IPS Vijay Kumar, resident of Prem Nagar, was appointed as acting DGP by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. As soon as the news was received, the neighbors celebrated by feeding sweets to the new DGP’s family. Late 1988 batch IPS Vijay Kumar’s father. Ramprasad Ahirwar was a sub-inspector in Premnagar police station. Seeing his father coming and going in uniform, he got attached to the police uniform since childhood. After the father’s death in the year 1981, due to the passion of wearing police uniform, he did not join the PCS due to non-availability of the desired post. Got the post of IPS in the second attempt, then joined and fulfilled my childhood dream. After passing the high school examination from the National Hafiz Siddiqui Inter College, he topped the board in the intermediate examination from the Government Inter College, while in the same class the state topper classmate was also studying in the high school.

B.Tech from IIT Kanpur

Meritorious since childhood, Vijay took admission in B.Tech in Civil Engineering branch from IIT Kanpur in the first attempt itself. After doing MTech from here, went to Delhi and prepared for competitive exams. From there he got selected in IPS.

Vijay Kumar’s native village is in Satoh of Jalaun district. Mother is Lajjawati, while brother Hemant Kumar is posted as a police inspector in Kanpur. The youngest brother Jaswant Kumar is working as a teacher in a private inter college in Jhansi. He is survived by wife Suman, two sons Anmol and Umang. Sister Manorama is in Lucknow. After the death of the father, it was the mother who took care of the family and made them eligible by being educated.

Posting here on these posts

• ASP: Gorakhpur, Nainital and Rudrapur.
• Superintendent of Police Town/Country : Bareilly.
• Senior Superintendent of Police: Pilibhit, Banda, Maharajganj, Muzaffarnagar, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj and Lucknow.
• Deputy Inspector General of Police Range: Prayagraj, Meerut and Azamgarh.
• Inspector General of Police Zone: Agra, Kanpur and Gorakhpur.

Additional DGP

Security, Traffic, Recruitment Board, Director General of Police, Home Guard, CBCID and Vigilance.

International archaeologist

Vijay Kumar is recognized as a police officer as well as an international archaeologist. He has made a deep study of the archaeological remains of Bundelkhand. A book of about 1,500 pages has also been written on the objects useful from the point of view of archeology in Chitrakoot, Banda and Lalitpur. When he was SSP in Chitrakoot, he himself went to hundreds of caves there and took pictures. Collected information of certified pointed stones with latitude and longitude. Online publication of International Journal on Archology every 2 months. You will be pleasantly surprised to know that its readership is more than 1 lakh worldwide. It is on top in General Archology.

Homemade personal museum

Vijay’s interest in archology can be gauged from the fact that he has built a private museum in the entire basement of his residence in Lucknow. In this, the stones of Bundelkhand and objects related to archeology have been kept. Vijay Kumar believes that very little work has been done to bring the heritage of Bundelkhand to the fore. There is a plan to bring Bundelkhand, including the temple of Deogarh (Lalitpur), in front of the world from the point of view of archaeology. After retirement in January 2024, efforts are on to create an institute and dedicate it to the nation.

Has been honored by the President twice

While being the SSP of Pilibhit, he had eliminated the militants. For this the President honored Vijay. Apart from this, the President honored him once more for his excellent work.

Son’s departure

When Vijay Kumar was on the post of IG Agra, his son died of dengue. The grief of his son’s demise still haunts him. There were so many disturbances in the society that on the death of the son, all the schools and colleges of Agra were voluntarily kept closed in mourning. Classmate of Intermediate, Executive Engineer Eng in Public Works Department, Uttar Pradesh. Prabhat Singh Chirar told that Vijay has been meritorious since college. In the field of archaeology, he has so much research information that the general can be published for 10 years. We Rakesh Vijayvargiya, Rajesh Narayan and self. TG Philip used to go to GIC by bicycle. It is a matter of pride for Jhansi that he has reached the highest position in the police department.

Santosh Sharma told that he went with him many times to do research on the temples of Deogarh. A book has been published on this in English. INTACH Lalitpur has honored Vijay Kumar.

High school classmate Mushtaq Khan, a railway worker, told that Vijay was the class monitor. He was very clever in reading. In the year 1978, Amanullah was the principal of Hafiz Siddiqui College. He gave us a competitive book to read. The interview of IAS Harikesh Pandey, selected in Civil Services, was published in it. It was only after reading it that Vijay had decided to become an officer.

Younger brother Jaswant Kumar told that elder brother definitely comes here once in a year. He has not been able to come to Jhansi since the Corona period. The family is tied in a thread.