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{{Infobox police officer<br />
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| name = N. K. Senthamarai Kannan<br>[[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<br />
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| currentstatus = <!-- The officer's current status or position --><br />
| department = [[Indian Police Service]]<br />
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| nickname = <!-- Other names the officer is known for--><br />
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| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu, India]]<br />
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| allegiance = <!-- Country or other power the person served. --><br />
| service = India<br />
| serviceyears = 1989-present<br />
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| almamater = [[Madurai Kamaraj University]]<br />
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'''N. K. Senthamarai Kannan'''<ref>{{cite book|title=NEWS|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/court-acquits-9-accused-in-rajkumars-abduction-case-2782100.html|last1=NA|first1=NA |publisher=News|year=2011|ref=NA }}</ref> is a Police Commissioner, and former Inspector General of Police in the [[Indian Police Service]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/new-ig-assumes-charge/article8094492.ece|title=New IG assumes charge - The Hindu |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/The-spy-who-spiked-Veerappan/articleshow/891241.cms|title=The spy who spiked Veerappan|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article584470.ece|title=Abducted 4-year-old traced to AP|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> He is the first [[Tiruppur]] city police commissioner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.witnessinthecorridors.com/NewsView.aspx?id=91968|title=N.K Senthamarai Kannan SPS/IPS,promoted as IG of Police,in Tamil Nadu Government.|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="staffreporter">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/chief-minister-declares-open-police-commissionerate-in-tirupur/article5370001.ece|title=Chief Minister declares open police commissionerate in Tirupur|author=Staff Reporter|work=The Hindu}}</ref> He has also served as a [[Special Task Force (India)|Special Task Force]] spy who headed the intelligence wing in the [[Operation Cocoon]],<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/meet-senthamaraikannan-supercop-shivarajkumar-plays-killing-veerappan-37384|title=Meet Senthamaraikannan, the supercop Shivarajkumar plays in Killing Veerappan|work=The News Minute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2123/stories/20041119005800400.htm|title=The end of Veerappan|publisher=}}</ref> Kannan is a 1997-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who entered the State police service as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in 1989, and was later conferred IPS in 2003 with six years’ retrospective effect.<ref name="staffreporter"/> <br />
He studied Economics in The American College, Madurai and later became Asst Professor in Economics in the same college from 1985, worked there till he entered Tamil Nadu State Police service in 1989.<br />
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