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.

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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More recently, dacoit Veerappan of Tamil Nadu state evaded authorities for decades until he was shot dead in 2004.

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.

She sent a special task force to the Satyamangalam forests in October 2004 to hunt down notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan.

The operation was successful as Veerappan was finally killed by the task force on 18 October 2004.

Veerappan became a lieutinant and fellow actress, J. Jayalilatha was groomed as a possible heir apparent.

* 30 July-The Indian film idol Rajkumar is part of a group taken hostage by a notorious Karnataka bandit known as Veerappan.

* 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.

* 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 issues a taped statement saying that Nagappa has been accidentally killed in a shootout with the police.

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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 had a price of on his head but evaded arrest for 20 years until he was killed by police in 2004.

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.

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.

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.

Three months later, Veerappan attacked the Ramapura police station of Kollegal taluk in the Chamarajanagar district, killing several policemen and capturing arms and ammunition, on the pretext that they tortured a lady which resulted in her suicide.

The villagers of Gopinatham, the native place of Veerappan, breathed a huge sigh of relief and burst crackers on the streets of the village on hearing the news of his death, as they wanted to wash out the stigma attached to their village and the village is converted as a trekking spot after his death.

* Jungle: a Ram Gopal Varma film on slain bandit Veerappan

* A. M. R. Ramesh is directing a film named Vana Yuddham based on Veerappan life that will be released in 2012.

The film Let's Kill Veerappan is based on a chapter in this book.

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 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.

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.

Veerappan had a Robin Hood-like image as a social bandit among some villagers adjoining his native village Gopinatham.

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.

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