DIG Coimbatore C Vijaykumar shoots himself

Senior Indian Police Service officer C Vijay Kumar committed suicide by shooting . Tamil Nadu Police officials said that C Vijay Kumar was suffering from a mental disorder caused by depression. Senior officials did not even know about his illness. The officials could also get information about this after the death of C. Vijay Kumar.

47-year-old C Vijay Kumar was the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Coimbatore range. He shot himself with the gun of his security guard at his camp office in Redfield on Friday morning.

During the investigation, the police officers came to know that IPS C Vijay Kumar was undergoing treatment for a few weeks. According to doctor IPS C Vijay Kumar had obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Tamil Nadu’s Additional Director General (Law and Order) A Arun said that ‘depression’ was the reason behind C Vijay Kumar’s suicide. According to A  Arun , the  doctor confirmed that the level of depression in C. Vijay Kumar had increased a lot. C Vijay Kumar himself had reported this problem to the doctor. On this, the doctor had given him some new medicines to help in depression control.

Speaking to reporters,  after paying tributes to C Vijay Kumar , at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Additional Director General (Law and Order) A Arun said that DIG C Vijay Kumar was neither facing  any family problem nor there was work pressure on him. He said that acute depression led to this unfortunate incident.

  According to A. Arun , it was due to medical reasons and there was no need to politicize the matter. IPS C Vijaykumar’s  family members , living  in Chennai, had also shifted  to Coimbatore for a few days to help him.

Mortal remains of C Vijay Kumar were sent to his native place,  Anekkaripatti in Theni district,for last rites after postmortem.

Chief Minister MK Stalin has condoled the death of DIG C Vijay Kumar. In a statement, he said that C Vijay Kumar was a brilliant officer and brought laurels to Tamil Nadu. Director General of Police Shankar Jiwal described C Vijay Kumar as a hardworking officer and said that it is a personal loss for him.

IPS C Vijay Kumar has been the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Kanchipuram, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam and Thrivur districts. His last posting in Chennai was the DCP (Deputy Commissioner of Police) of Anna Nagar.