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Koose Muniswamy Veerappan ( January 18, 1952 – October 18, 2004 ), commonly known as Sandalwood Veerappan, was an Indian dacoit active for years in a broad swath of scrub and forest land covering 6, 000 km² in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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Koose and Muniswamy
Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, a. k. a. Veerappan, was born on January 18, 1952 in Gopinatham village located in border areas of Karnataka state to a family of cattle grazers.
The forests were also the home of the cold-blooded Indian bandit Koose Muniswamy Veerapan, who made a living exploiting ivory and sandalwood from the forests and selling them on the black market.
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Veerappan and 18
The operation was successful as Veerappan was finally killed by the task force on 18 October 2004.
On October 18, 2004, Veerappan and his two associates were killed by the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka Combined Special Task Force headed by Vijay Kumar, near the village of Papparapatti in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu.
Veerappan and –
* 25 August – Notorious bandit Veerappan abducts a former minister of Karnataka, Hannur Nagappa, threatening to behead him unless the state governments of Karnataka and neighbouring Tamil Nadu release imprisoned Tamil separatists.
* 8 December – Police confirm they have found the body of H. Nagappa, the former Karnataka minister kidnapped by Veerappan in August.
Veerappan and October
She sent a special task force to the Satyamangalam forests in October 2004 to hunt down notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan.
Veerappan and 2004
More recently, dacoit Veerappan of Tamil Nadu state evaded authorities for decades until he was shot dead in 2004.
Veerappan had a price of on his head but evaded arrest for 20 years until he was killed by police in 2004.
Veerappan and known
* 30 July-The Indian film idol Rajkumar is part of a group taken hostage by a notorious Karnataka bandit known as Veerappan.
Negotiations were conducted and R. Gopal, also known as " nakkeran gopalan ", an editor of a Tamil magazine called " Nakkeeran " was involved in several rounds of talks with Veerappan.
Veerappan and was
Veerappan became a lieutinant and fellow actress, J. Jayalilatha was groomed as a possible heir apparent.
At the age of 71, he was kidnapped in Gajanur ( the place where he brought up ) by forest brigand Veerappan until a 108-day ordeal when he was released.
On July 30, 2000, at the age of 72, Rajkumar, his son-in-law Govindaraju, and two others were abducted from the actor's palatial house at Gajanur ( prior to 1947, it was in Princely State of Mysore now in Erode district of Tamil Nadu ) by Veerappan.
Veerappan was demanding the release of his gang members who were being held in jail under a defunct anti-terrorism law.
The Supreme Court of India opined that it was " unpardonable " on the part of the Government of Tamil Nadu for not providing security to Rajkumar despite having information a year ago that he faced threat of being kidnapped by Veerappan.
Veerappan started as an assistant to Xavier Gounder, who was a notorious poacher and sandalwood smuggler.
Indian actor Dr. Rajkumar was kidnapped by Veerappan in 2000.
On July 30, 2000, Veerappan kidnapped the famed Kannada film star Dr. Rajkumar, a Dada Saheb Phalke award winner, from Gajanur, a border village of Karnataka, when the film star was attending a housewarming ceremony.
There were allegations by several people that about large amount was paid to Veerappan for the safe release.
Veerappan and his associates were travelling in an ambulance, heading for treatment for Veerappan's eyes, but the Tamilnadu Special Task Force, which was observing his movement for seveal months surrounded the three men.
Veerappan was buried in the village of Moolakadu, Tamil Nadu.
Quarrying in the fringes of the hills is rampant after the brief lull of activities during the time when the dreaded bandit Veerappan was on the run.
Veerappan and for
Since much of the southern area of the district is dense forest, it provided good refuge to the notorious bandit Veerappan, responsible for the death of over a hundred policemen.
* Mid-November-Three months of extreme embarrassment for the state governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka end when the notorious aging bandit Veerappan suddenly releases an even older veteran actor, Rajkumar, he had held captive since August.
Veerappan never hesitated to kill civilians and villagers for silliest reasons and killed a villager named Kottinaiker of Gopinatham ( his native village ) just because he had once travelled in a police jeep.
In August 1992, Veerappan laid a trap for SP Harikrishna and SI Shakeel Ahmed and killed them along with four others.
STF officers from both the states held meetings with villagers of the Gopinatham village and requested them to help to nab Veerappan and also offerred Rs. 5 crore prize money to be used for overall development of village.
The " Nakkeran " Gopalan, who had earlier visited Veerappan for similar negotiations, visited the forest several times where Veerappan held Dr. Rajkumar and had discussions which were video recorded.
Comedy track writer A. Veerappan used to write comedy tracks for Goundamani and they both became fantastic duo.
A. Veerappan stayed out of field due to his ageing ( This veteran used to write comedy dialogues for Actor Nagesh ) since 1998 and expired in 2005.
Veerappan and years
Between his kidnappings and criminal activities, Veerappan also tried to seek amnesty from Government during 1997, reportedly agreeing to undergo 2 years ' jail term but his efforts did not succeed.
Veerappan and forest
Veerappan leading his gang of decoits in Meenyam forest, Kollegal Taluk
Veerappan and his group in forest
Veerappan and Karnataka
On August 25, 2002, Veerappan abducted H. Nagappa, a former minister of Karnataka State.
The Karnataka and Tamilnadu governments constitute Special Task Force ( STF ) to catch Veerappan.
Veerappan and Tamil
* There were scores of regional films in Tamil and Kannada with Veerappan as its antagonist like the Tamil movie Captain Prabhakaran and Kannada movie Veerappan, all of which were super hits.
* The character of Veeraiya ( played by Vikram ) in the Tamil film Raavanan ( 2010 ) ( Raavan in Hindi ) resembles strongly the life of Veerappan.
* R. M. Veerappan, Former Minister of Tamil Nadu
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