[Finally] Notorious scandalwood smuggler and elephant poacher Veerappan was shot dead on Monday night. Veerappan reigned in the forests bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and started off as an ivory smuggler, killing over 6000 elephants. He took up scandalwood smuggling in the late eighties. An entire industry developed around the attempt to capture the fugutive smuggler. The Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments formed special joint task forces to hunt him down but Veerappan eluded them all and put to shame all efforts of the state to capture him. The total price on his head was Rs 3 crore [USD 600K]. Over the years the bandit had over a 100 murders attributed to him. Cruel and deceitful, I will remember him for murdering officials after offering to surrender, raiding police stations and shooting policemen while they were sleeping and evading capture for more than two decades.
Posted by anya at October 18, 2004 06:19 PM | TrackBackcool?
Posted by: anne at October 18, 2004 08:01 PMtotally.
Posted by: anya at October 18, 2004 08:29 PMI am glad they finally got him. A lot of resources were being used on pursuing him. Now, they could be used in a better way or just squandered in corruption.
Posted by: Parag at October 19, 2004 08:18 AMI wont believe this untill i see the pictures of his dead body ,with blood and bullets.
I would like to know how can we be sure that he is THE ONE?
Does not look anything like the man we used to see in the photos?
I really have my doubts!
Posted by: Gautam at October 20, 2004 02:49 AM