Vyas I P S A legendary Police Officer

Grey hounds founder KS Vyas remembered
It was around 16 years back that the sensational police officer KS Vyas was killed in the LB stadium in Hyderabad. KS Vyas was sensational for several things. It was he who was instrumental in forming the "Grey Hounds", the name which sends jitters down the spine of the Naxalites.

Another incident which made him a star is to reduce the Rowdy menace in Vijayawada in 1980's. Till then no police officer dared to touch the goons belonging to Devineni Nehru and Vangaveeti Ranga. He was the first police officer to arrest the rowdys 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.

Years ago, it used to be utter chaos with rickshaws parked haphazardly near the Vijayawada railway station and the rickshaw pullers mobbing passengers. After being posted as SP there, Mr. Vyas convened a meeting of the rickshaw puller associations and convinced them to keep rickshaws in a row so that every rickshaw puller would get passengers on first come first serve basis. This ended the pandemonium at the station. With his honesty and uprightness, Mr. Vyas also became a cult figure among youths in the State wanting to join the police force.

His friend Krishna Rao revealed that Vyas not only believed in sincerity and honesty but also in not being arrogant with the public.