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Veerappan

Indian criminal (–)

This article is about the person. For the Kannada film, see Killing Veerappan. For the Bollywood film, see Veerappan ( film).

Veerappan

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Born

Koose Munusamy Veerappan


()18 January

Gopinatham, Madras State, India
(modern-day Karnataka)

Died18 October () (aged&#;52)[1]

Papparapatti, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India[1]

Cause&#;of deathBallistic trauma[1]
Resting placeMoolakadu, Tamil Nadu, India
Known&#;for
Spouse

Muthulakshmi

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(m.&#;&#x;&#;&#x;)&#;
Children2

Reward amount

₹52 crore (equivalent to ₹&#;crore or US$23&#;million in )

Capture status

Deceased
Escaped
Escape&#;end
Comments₹ crore (equivalent to ₹30&#;billion or US$&#;million in ) spent to capture

Span&#;of crimes

–
CountryIndia
State(s)Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala

Koose Munusamy Veerappan[2][3] (18 January &#;– 18 October ) was an Indian poacher, smuggler, domestic terrorist and bandit who was active for 36 years, and kidnapped major politicians for ransom.

He was charged with sandalwood smuggling and poaching of elephants in the scrub lands and forests in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. He was wanted for killing approximately people, about half of whom were police officers and forest officials.[4][failed verification] He was also responsible for poaching approximately of the elephants killed in the peninsular region where he was active[5] and for smuggling ivory worth US$ million (₹16 crore)[5] and about 65 tons of sandalwood[6] worth approximately US$22 million (₹ crore).[7]

The battle to capture Veerappan cost the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over ₹ crore.[8]

Personal life

Veerappan was born into a Tamil family in Gopinatham, Kollegala, Coimbatore District (Madras State) now in Karnataka in [9][10][11][3] In , he was married to Muthulakshmi, who reportedly married him because of his "notoriety and moustache".[12][13] As of , his two daughters, Vidya Rani (born in ) and Prabha (born in ), were studying in Tamil Nadu.[14] He had support from the Pattali Makkal Katchi party which openly sought for clemency on behalf of Veerappan.[15]

Criminal history

Veerappan began his criminal career by assisting his uncle Saalvai Gounder, a notorious poacher and sandalwood smuggler.[16] Veerappan initially worked as a sandalwood and ivory smuggler, killing elephants for their tusks.[17] He later broke away from his uncle.

Over the next 25 years, Veerappan and other poachers together killed 2, to 3, elephants, with Veerappan and his gang responsible for approximately of them.[5] He was first arrested in [18]

After committing his first murder, at the age of 17, he began killing those who resisted his illegal activities.

His victims tended to be police officers, forest officials, and informants.[17]

In , Veerappan kidnapped and murdered a Sathyamangalam Taluka forest officer named Chidambaram from Tamil Nadu. This brought his activities to the attention of the Indian Government.[19][20] He drew further attention by murdering a senior IFS officer, Pandillapalli Srinivas, in November Next, there was the August ambush of a police party, which included a senior IPS officer, Harikrishna.

Veerappan was not averse to killing civilians, and killed a man from his native village for traveling in a police jeep.[19] He regularly killed anyone suspected of being a police informer. Because of political instability, Veerappan could easily escape from one state to another. State jurisdiction problems also prevented police officers from entering other states to apprehend Veerappan.[21]

Palar blast

Main article: Palar blast

In Govindapadi, Mettur, Veerappan killed a Bandari person whom he suspected of being a police informer.

As a result, a member team of police officers and forestry officials were called in to investigate. On 9 April , landmines were detonated underneath the two vehicles in which the team was traveling. The blast occurred at Palar, near Malai Mahadeswara Hills (present-day Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka) and killed 22 members of the team. Known as the Palar blast, this was Veerappan's single largest mass killing.[22]

Special Task Force

In , the Karnataka and the Tamil Nadu Governments formed a Special Task Force to catch Veerappan.[17] It was headed in Tamil Nadu by Sanjay Arora and in Karnataka by Shankar Bidri with Walter Devaram as the joint chief.

In February , his lieutenant Gurunathan was killed by the Karnataka task force, with SI Shakeel Ahmed single-handedly responsible for the capture. Three months later, Veerappan attacked the Ramapura police station in Kollegal, killing several policemen and capturing arms and ammunition. In August , Veerappan laid a trap for SI Shakeel Ahmed, killing him along with five others.

The Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Special Task Forces then began intensified combing operations along the two states' border areas and also around Gopinatham village, Veerappan's birthplace.[23]

Through these operations, under charge of Sanjay Arora and Shankar Bidari, the gang was reduced to 5 members.[23][24] Meetings with Gopinatham villagers were held, and the 5-crore bounty was announced.[24] In , the task force arrested Veerappan's wife, Muthulakshmi, and charged her with aiding, but she was acquitted of all charges.[25]

Kidnapping of Rajkumar

Main article: Kidnapping of Rajkumar

On 30 June , Veerappan abducted Kannada cinema actor Rajkumar and three others from Dodda Gajanur, a village in Sathyamangalam taluk Erode district near the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border, where the film star was attending his housewarming ceremony.[26][27][28] Public outcry and violence ensued in Bangalore as well as other parts of Karnataka.[28] A bandh, or strike, also occurred on 22 September in Bangalore.

Karnataka's Chief Minister and police personnel sought the help of Tamil Nadu Government and visited Chennai seeking help.[28] Negotiations were conducted and R. Gopal, an editor of the Tamil magazine Nakkeeran, was involved in several rounds of talks with Veerappan.[29] Gopal had earlier visited Veerappan for similar negotiations,[16] and visited the forest several times for videotaped discussions.

  • Veerappan demanded justice for Tamil Nadu in the Cauvery Water dispute, as well as making Tamil the second official language of Karnataka and the release of certain Tamil political prisoners jailed in Tamil Nadu.[30] Rajkumar was held for days and finally released without harm in November A police official later revealed that 20 crore rupees had been paid by Karnataka government for his release.[27][31][32]

    Kidnapping of Nagappa

    On 25 August , Veerappan abducted H.

    Nagappa, a former minister of Karnataka, from his village in Kamagere, Chamarajanagar district.[33] Nagappa had been a minister for Agricultural Marketing from to [33] The Joint Special task forces of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu worked with the Kerala police to help release Nagappa.[34]Encounter to release him failed, and Nagappa was found dead three months later in a Karnataka forest.[35] The reward offered by the Karnataka state government was then increased to 15 crore rupees.

    Ransom demands

    For several years during the s, Veerappan kidnapped police officials and other personalities and demanded ransom money. It is believed that ransoms were often unofficially paid.[28] In July , he kidnapped nine forest officials in the Burude forests in Chamarajanagar district.

    In that case, the hostages were released unharmed a few years later even though his ransom demand was not met. It is also believed that Veerappan buried large amounts of money in various parts of the forest; in police recovered &#;million rupees from his gang members.[36]

    Banned organisations like the Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT) and Tamil Nadu Liberation Army helped Veerappan to secure a Robin Hood image and to draft terms of negotiations when he kidnapped prominent people.[30]Kolathur Mani, president of Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam, formerly the Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (PDK) party,[37] was arrested and brought to trial as an accomplice in several of Veerappan's crimes, although later acquitted due to lack of evidence.[25]

    Death

    Main article: Operation Cocoon

    On 18 October , Veerappan and three of his associates were killed by the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force[38] and N.

    K. Senthamarai Kannan under the leadership of K. Vijay Kumar.[39]

    The encounter happened near the village of Papparapatti[35][40] in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu. Veerappan and his men were lured into an ambulance by an undercover policeman under the pretext of taking them to Dharmapuri for medical treatment.[40] The Tamil Nadu Special Task Force, which had been observing his movements for several months, surrounded the ambulance, and the gangsters were killed in the ensuing gunfight.[35]

    The entire operation was named Operation Cocoon.

    Koose Munusamy Veerappan [ 2 ] [ 3 ] 18 January — 18 October was an Indian poacher , smuggler , domestic terrorist and bandit who was active for 36 years, and kidnapped major politicians for ransom. He was charged with sandalwood smuggling and poaching of elephants in the scrub lands and forests in the states of Tamil Nadu , Karnataka and Kerala. He was wanted for killing approximately people, about half of whom were police officers and forest officials. Veerappan began his criminal career by assisting his uncle Saalvai Gounder, a notorious poacher and sandalwood smuggler. Over the next 25 years, Veerappan and other poachers together killed 2, to 3, elephants, with Veerappan and his gang responsible for approximately of them.

    Veerappan's associates Sethukuli Govindan, Chandre Gowdar and Sethumani were also killed in the operation.[41]

    His death was described as the "death of a demon".[12] The villagers of Gopinatham celebrated with firecrackers on hearing the news.[19]

    Several human rights activists, who rallied under the banner of the Centre for Protection of Civil Liberties (CPCL), claimed that circumstantial evidence indicated that Veerappan was murdered by police after being tortured.[42]

    Veerappan was buried at Moolakkadu near Mettur in Tamil Nadu, as his family members were more attached to it and most of his relatives in Gopinatham had left.[43] The police had planned a cremation but decided on a burial after objections from Veerappan's relatives.[43] Thousands of people turned out for the burial, while others were kept away by heavy security.[43][44]

    Timeline

    Year Veerappan's Activities
    Veerappan's first crime.

    He was just 10 when he gunned down a tusker with the help of his mentor Sevi Gounder at Gopinatham. Nabbed three forest officials and killed them.

    Joined a gang of poachers.
    27 August Killed K. M. Prithvi (age 25), a forest guard, near Mavukal, Ponnampet, Kodagu, Karnataka when the guard tried to prevent elephant poaching by the gang.[45]
    Arrested and lodged at Boodipada forest guest house but escaped under mysterious circumstances (reportedly bribed a police officer).[46]
    26 August Killed Siddarama Naik, a forest watcher at Alegowdana Katte, Gundlupet, Karnataka.[45]
    Kidnapped and hacked Tamil Nadu forest officer Chidambaram.[20]
    5 January Kidnapped and killed five members of a rival gang.[47]
    Killed three forest personnel after 15 days of abducting them from Begur forest range.[20]
    9 April Killed three police SI Dinesh, Jagannath, Ramalingu and police constable Shankara Rao near Hogenakal.

    Shot and beheaded Karnataka deputy conservator of forests, Srinivas,[19] as revenge for Veerappan's sister Mala's suicide (the victim's head was traced three years later).

    Abducted son of a granite quarry owner and demanded ransom of Rs. 1 crore; released him for a ransom of Rs. 15 lakhs.[20]
    10 November Murdered former forestry official, P.

    Srinivas, by luring him to an ambush site. Veerappan had offered to surrender, if Srinivas came unaccompanied and unarmed. Srinivas was shot while crossing a nullah 6 kilometers from Gopinatham village.[48]

    Attacked a police station in Ramapura, killing five policemen, injuring two and stealing arms and ammunition.[49] STF killed two gang members in retaliation.

    14 August Meenyam Ambush: Trapped and killed Mysore District SP, T. Harikrishna, SI Shakeel Ahmed and four constables named Benegonda, C. M. Kalappa, Sundara and M. P. Appachu, through a false informant near Meenyam in Karnataka.[45]
    25 January Veerappan and his gang had a close encounter and missed by a whisker the police team headed by "Rambo" Gopalakrishnan, Police officer from Tamil Nadu; one of his gang members and close associate Antony Raj was gunned down.[50]
    Border Security force (BSF) was deployed to hunt Veerappan but felt that language was the main barrier to carry out a successful operation.[50] Deployment of Border Security Force (of Central Government) was disliked by Tamil Nadu Government.[50] Veerappan killed about 20 combatants of BSF.[50]
    April Trapped and blew up a Tamil Nadu bus carrying police, forest officials and civilians, using a landmine, which killed 22 civilians and police[20] in Palar blast incident.[22]
    24 May Killed 6 policemen K.

    M. Uthappa, Prabhakara, Poovaiah, Machaiah, Swamy and Narasappa of STF commander Gopal Hosur's party and injured the police commander near Rangaswamy Vaddu, M. M. Hills, Karnataka.[20][45] Tamil Nadu government deploys Border Security Force (BSF).

    Veerappan biography youtube leonardo Veerappan holding a video camera during his interview. I rushed back to the jungle. It was a place I had often hunted in. I knew it like the back of my hand. I rushed in, picking up a couple of rocks on the way.

    Joint operations of BSF and STF arrested 9 gang members and killed 6. Three policemen were killed. Veerappan requested amnesty. Victim's relatives opposed any type of government negotiations.

    Abducted Chidambaranathan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore and two others.[28]
    In November, kidnapped three forest department officials of Tamil Nadu.[28]
    Killed a police informer.

    Killed another 19 police personnel. Wounded police official Tamilselvan and killed a constable as revenge for the suicide of Veerappan's brother Arjunan in police custody.

    The gang kidnapped wildlife photographers Senani and Krupakar. Veerappan apparently killed 'Baby Veerappan', a gang member, who had visions to succeed Veerappan.[41] Kidnapped and released other photographers Senani and Krupakar.

    Kidnapped and executed nine Karnataka forest officials from Burude forests.

    Kidnapped Prof. Krishnasamy, A. S. Mani – editor "Netikan", Payumpuli&#;– reporter and Richard Mohan&#;– photographer.

    Veerappan : From Hunter to India's Most Feared Outlaw - YouTube: Veerappan initially worked as a sandalwood and ivory smuggler, killing elephants for their tusks. He later broke away from his uncle. Over the next 25 years, Veerappan and other poachers together.

    Special Task Force released them after combing operation.[51]

    Kidnapped Kannada film actor Dr. Rajkumar. Released him after days (ransomed).
    Kidnapped and allegedly killed former Karnataka minister H. Nagappa. There are other sources, including police of Karnataka who claims that the bullet in the body of the former minister was from a rifle used by the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force (possibly the rifle used was stolen from Tamil Nadu task force or crossfire could have caused his death).

    Killed by Tamil Nadu Special Task Force members at a checkpoint, when the bandit was travelling in an ambulance driven by a disguised policeman.[35]

    Legacy

    On April 25, , the Pattali Makkal Katchi and the Vanniyar Sangam called Veerappan a youth icon at the Vanniyar Youth Cultural Festival at Mamallapuram.

    The incident was condemned by Jayalalithaa, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.[52]

    In media

    Film and television

    • Veerappan – a Indian Kannada-language crime action film by Raveendranath, starring Devaraj in the titular role of the bandit.[53]
    • Attahasa – a Kannada film, is based on Veerappan's life and death.

      The movie highlights the STF operations on Veerappan, kidnapping of Dr. Rajkumar and ultimately the Operation Cocoon. The film was also dubbed to Telugu and Malayalam in titled as Veerappan and in Tamil as Vana Yuddham.

    • Killing Veerappan – a Kannada film, written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma based on Operation Cocoon.

      The film was also released in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam consequently with the same title.

    • Veerappan – a Hindi full length biographical feature film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film was also released in Tamil as Villathi Villan Veerappan.
    • Sandhanakaadu – a Tamil television series aired on Makkal TV, based on Veerappan's life starring Karate Raja as Veerappan.
    • The Hunt for Veerappan – A docuseries directed by Selvamani Selvaraj which premiered on Netflix in 4 August [54]
    • Koose Munisamy Veerappan - A documentary series explores the life of Veerappan using footage shot by Nakkeeran Gopal and archived by Nakkheeran.

    Books

    Title Author Language Translations
    Veerappan: India's Most Wanted ManSunaad Raghuram English Marathi: Veerappan: The Untold Story
    Sereyalli Kaleda Hadinalku DinagaluKrupakar & Senani Kannada English: Birds, Beasts and Bandits: 14 days with Veerappan
    Huliya NenapugaluB.

    B. Ashok Kumar

    		Kannada English: Memories of Tiger: Hunting Veerappan
    Veerappan's Prize Catch: RajkumarC. Dinakar English
    Veerappan: Chasing the BrigandK. Vijay KumarEnglish Tamil: Veerappan

    Kannada: Veerappan: Dantachorana Bennatti

    Hindi: Veerappana: Ek Satya Katha

    Marathi: Veerappan Viruddh Vijay Kumar

    VeerappanNakkeeran GopalTamil
    Veerappan Valnthathum VeelnthathumSivasubramaniam Periyasamy Tamil Veerappan's Saga - Rise and Fall
    Veerapan Death WarrantS.

    K. Umesh

    		Kannada
    Veerapan Blood WarrantS. K. UmeshKannada

    See also

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