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	Veerappan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Veerappan was born in Gopinatham village in Karnataka to a family of cattle-grazers.
		Kodandaram, is that Veerappan and his associates may have committed a collective suicide inside the van when faced with surrender.
		Veerappan was buried at the village of Moolakadu, Tamil Nadu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Veerappan (1639 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Veerappan, who had lured many a policeman to his death, was driven to his in a police decoy ambulance in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri.
		Veerappan’s wife, Muthulakshmi, was inconsolable as she was led to the mortuary.
		Veerappan’s last rites, slated to be held in a village near Mettur, 50 km from Salem, have been put on hold as his lawyer said a close relative of the bandit wanted the body to be buried.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041020/asp/frontpage/story_3905174.asp (691 words)

	Venu Menon - Articles - Manhunt - In Veerappan Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Veerappan took up the cause of the forest community, such as the Irula tribesmen, and helped them combat the pressure from belligerent police and forest officials who hounded them for gathering forest produce for their livelihood.
		Gopinatham represents an oasis of goodwill for Veerappan, a major reason being that most residents derive their livelihood from the forest, the poacher's traditional domain, and are unlikely to be readily weaned out of the ambit of his control or influence.
		Veerappan could be immobilised by disease; or the glue that binds the criminal gang may come unstuck and provoke betrayal.
	www.venumenon.com /articles/article_page.asp?catid=5&artid=18 (3682 words)

	Veerappan: Reel life in real life
		People like Veerappan, though they operate outside the legal framework is very much a part of the exploitative order and they never had anything to complain so long as the government connived at their flouting law and its institutions at will.
		Veerappan is a Tamil and language riots are not new to Karnataka.
		Veerappan and his gang were not apprehended at all.
	www.pucl.org /reports/National/veerappan.htm (1314 words)

	The Veerappan game, again
		The second cassette from Veerappan, which arrived 12 days after the abduction, contained the brigand's demands that Nedumaran and Mani be sent as emissaries to negotiate with him and a reiteration of his earlier demand that the government suspend the operations to catch him.
		As a senior police officer said, the Nagappa abduction was Veerappan's way of reminding the Karnataka government of the unfulfilled assurances that were given to him during the Rajkumar abduction.
		Veerappan's reappearance also put at rest speculation that he was ill and was constantly on the run.
	www.hinduonnet.com /fline/fl1919/19191240.htm (1708 words)

	SANDALWOOD MUNUSAMY VEERAPPAN
		Dec 1995: Veerappan kills a BSF man, a TN sub-inspector and a police constable and decamps with arms.
		The forest brigand Veerappan and three of his key associates, who were killed in an encounter on Monday night, were lured out of their hideout by Special Task Force personnel who had finally managed to infiltrate the gang.
		The gang was, unusually, not in camouflage clothing; Veerappan was in white, with the moustache trimmed to deceive the police, he said.
	www.geocities.com /thirunallar/life.html (1319 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Death of a legendary bandit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The death of Koose Muniswamy Veerappan removes a thorn in the side of the Indian police, and brings an end to an almost legendary tale of banditry.
		Veerappan - whose name translates as "brave" - was wanted in connection with more than 100 murders.
		Veerappan began his career in crime as an ivory poacher and is reputed to have killed his first elephant when he was only 14.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/2219574.stm (479 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| India ends reign of bandit king
		Although Veerappan had a $1m bounty on his head, a figure almost unheard of in India, this amount is a fraction of the 1.5 billion rupees (£19m) state governments have spent since 1990 hunting for him.
		Veerappan also dabbled in extortion, demanding monthly payments from the lime quarry owners in the hills overlooking his jungle lair.
		Veerappan's demands for the release of Rajkumar read like a political manifesto for ethnic Tamils, with calls for the release of Tamil guerrillas and for statutes of Tamil poets to be erected in Karnataka.
	www.guardian.co.uk /india/story/0,12559,1331342,00.html (1138 words)

	Veerappan Puts TNLA on Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Thanks to sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, the TNLA is now being described as the most dreaded Tamil separatist group in the state, at par with Assam's ULFA and Andhra Pradesh's PWG.
		Veerappan, a Vanniya himself is a known Vanniya sympathiser.
		Veerappan is fast emerging as a rallying point to various Tamil extremists in the state.
	www.dalitstan.org /tamil/veera002.html (1180 words)

	Veerappan- The lord of the jungles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The terror tactics of the commanders of earlier missions has only made it easier for Veerappan to reaffirm to local villagers that the police are the enemy of the people and he their sole champion.
		A bizarre twist to Veerappan's tale is brought forth by the fact that his latest conditions for the release of his star hostage are heavy with political overtones.
		Moreover, Veerappan cannot really hope to live in his hideout in the jungles much longer, considering that he is getting on in years, and more so because joining politics affords the easiest route to avoid being arrested.
	www.netguruindia.com /features/articles/veerappan.html (662 words)

	www.Sulekha.com \| Veerappan Strikes Again by Mukundh Nagarajan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Veerappan watches this with a big gun in his hand.
		Veerappan in his uniform and with his gun is clearly angry.
		Veerappan casually sits on a stool and lights a beedi.
	www.sulekha.com /printer.asp?ctid=1000&cid=295261 (1714 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Veerappan shot dead
		An STF party led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police carried out the operation, apparently on a tip-off that Veerappan was being rushed in an ambulance for medical attention to the plains.
		The hunt for the 60-62 year-old Veerappan had gone on for well over a decade and was intensified whenever he indulged in brutal killings or hostage taking.
		Veerappan earned notoriety as a sandalwood smuggler, in addition to looting ivory after killing elephants.
	www.hindu.com /2004/10/19/stories/2004101916450100.htm (646 words)

	Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan shot dead
		Dreaded sandalwood smuggler Veerappan and three of his associates were killed on Monday night, a top Tamil Nadu police official told PTI.
		The other was the abduction of former Karnataka minister H Nagappa whose body was later found in the Chengadi forest near his ancestral house in Karnataka close to the border with Tamil Nadu.
		Veerappan is killed but the job is still not over.
	in.rediff.com /news/2004/oct/19veer.htm (281 words)

	CNN.com - Indian bandit threatens to behead hostage - August 27, 2002
		In a taped message, Veerappan -- who goes by one name -- said his demands would be presented soon and unless they were met, he would kill H. Nagappa, a former minister of agriculture in the southern state of Karnataka.
		Famed for his long, twirling moustache, Veerappan has eluded the law for more than 30 years and is accused of the murder of at least 120 policemen.
		Regarded initially as a sandalwood and ivory smuggler -- Veerappan is accused of killing 2,000 elephants for their tusks -- he emerged as a bandit with links to Tamil extremists in India in recent years after a series of bloody attacks and kidnappings.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/08/27/india.kidnap (563 words)

	CNN.com - Police kill India's 'Robin Hood' - Oct 18, 2004
		The man known as Veerappan was killed, along with three of his associates, in a gunfight with Special Task Force members around 10:50 p.m.
		Known for his handlebar moustache, Veerappan had gained notoriety throughout the country for his ability to escape capture and for his brazen attacks on authorities.
		Although Veerappan had been on the run for more than four decades, he was taken into custody in 1986, but was released after paying a $2,000 bribe.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/india.bandit (500 words)

	rediff.com: Veerappan strikes again!
		This time Veerappan kidnapped former Karnataka minister H Nagappa when he was visiting his native village Kamagere in Chamarajnagar district.
		Raju Gowda is alleged to have patronised Veerappan a decade or more ago and partly enabled him to grow from a small-time poacher to the dreaded name that he is today.
		This nexus between the Karnataka politicians, police and Veerappan first came into the open when assistant sub-inspector Shakeel Ahmed was killed in an ambush by Veerappan and his men in 1992, soon after quarrying was banned.
	www.rediff.com /news/2002/aug/27spec.htm (1005 words)

	CBC News: Indian bandit shot dead after decades on the lam
		The body of Koose Veerappan, 60, was recovered following a shootout with a paramilitary task force late Monday night, said an official in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
		Veerappan had a bounty of more than $500,000 on his head at the time of his death.
		Veerappan enjoyed a level of celebrity outlaw status in India, sporting a large handlebar moustache and dressing in camouflage clothing.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2004/10/19/india_bandit041019.html (337 words)

	Asia Times
		At the center of the crisis is the wily Veerappan, easily identified by his bushy, handlebar moustache.
		Veerappan is said to have killed over 2,000 elephants – he was 14 when he killed his first one – and is accused of smuggling ivory worth $2.6 million and sandalwood worth $22 million.
		"Veerappan territory", as the 6,000 square kilometers of forest in which he operates is called, is treacherous terrain - thick impenetrable jungle, hills, ravines - but he knows it well.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/DI04Df05.html (1485 words)

	School to throw Veerappan's daughter out
		Slain forest brigand Veerappan's 12-year-old daughter, Prabha, studying at a convent in Cuddalore, will be asked to leave the school.
		Veerappan's wife Muthulakshmi said on Wednesday that the government should ensure that the educational needs of her two daughters are fulfilled.
		The STF, constituted to nab Veerappan, killed the outlaw and three of his associates -- Sethukuli Govindan, Chandra Gowder and Sethumani -- in an encounter near Papparapatti, in a successful operation.
	inhome.rediff.com /news/2004/oct/20veer1.htm (310 words)

	Veerappan: Father of Vishal Tamil Nadu [ Tamil Nadu Liberation Front ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Veerappan took them hostage and sent back the editor with a demand for Rs 8 lakh and the release of a person, reportedly an LTTE supporter.
		For Veerappan, however, there are two ways: To start a new life as a full-fledged militant fighting for a Tamil homeland or to surrender as a Tamil hero.
		Veerappan's demand, a week after he kidnapped Rajkumar, to release five Tamil extremists in jail gave a curious twist to the hostage crisis.
	www.dalitstan.org /tamil/veera007.html (2841 words)

	The mystery of Veerappan's missing moustache
		The missing handlebar moustache of forest brigand Veerappan has triggered speculation that it wasn't the sandalwood smuggler who was killed in Monday's encounter with the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force near Dharmapuri.
		Veerappan was intercepted by an STF team while he was on his way to a hospital in an ambulance.
		When a question was put to Tamil Nadu Special Task Force chief Additional DGP K Vijaykumar on Veerappan's moustache at a press conference this morning, he said: "He has trimmed his moustache.
	in.rediff.com /news/2004/oct/19veer8.htm (321 words)

	Veerappan
		Two months later, eight of Veerappan's men are killed in a firefight, but he manages to elude capture.
		Strangles his newly born female infant, because it is the third female in a row.
		Veerappan is killed by Indian police during a shootout in Paparapatti, Tamil Nadu, India, about 75 miles southeast of Bangalore.
	www.rotten.com /library/bio/crime/criminals/veerappan (311 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Veerappan delays surrender; releases hostages
		Evading a direct reply on whether there was a hitch in the surrender and whether Veerappan had made any fresh demands, the CM said he could not say anything before viewing the video cassette brought by R R Gopal, the official emissary.
		If Veerappan chooses to surrender, the time and place will be known only when Gopal briefs the chief minister on his talks with the bandit for the last three days.
		Veerappan kidnapped 10 Karnataka forest personnel on July 12 and immediately set free a driver with an audio cassette addressed to Karunanidhi and his Karnataka counterpart, J H Patel, listing his demands which included an amnesty.
	www.indiaabroad.com /news/aug/25veer.htm (723 words)

	Encyclopedia: Veerappan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Veerappan (born 1945) is a legendary bandit in India.
		The brigand with the deadly moustache, Veerappan, has a crime life spanning four decades.
		The combat experts often compare Veerappan's striking capabilities with that a cobra.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Veerappan (602 words)

	The Case of the Menacing Mustache - Indian police kill the country's most notorious criminal. By Ed Finn
		For decades, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan had murdered and pillaged, sporting an enormous, trademark handlebar mustache and terrorizing the forests of southern India.
		Veerappan's main business was smuggling sandalwood and elephant tusks, but he earned his celebrity with daring kidnappings, including that of a major Indian film star, Rajkumar*, in 2000.
		According to an op-ed in the Hindu, success caught up with him: "Even in the jungle, he was seen with modern gadgets and audio players." The article suggested that as the outlaw spread his wealth farther, his broader network of contacts provided more informants for the police.
	www.slate.com /id/2108508 (648 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Editorial
		Srinivasn later arrested Veerappan’s brother-in-law and, according to him, brought his sister and lodged her in a house in Chengambadi and used to visit her in the night.
		The agonising sufferers in the Veerappan drama, apart from the hostages, are the father of Sub-Inspector Shakeel Ahmed and the widow of Superintendent of Police Harikrishna who were killed allegedly by Veerappan in 1992 during a daring police operation to nab the notorious brigand.
		Freedom to Veerappan and his associates fly in the face of natural justice and is tantamount to betraying the sacrifice made by the two valiant police officers.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000910/edit.htm (6654 words)

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