Veerappan

Koose Muniswamy Veerappan (c. January 18, 1952–October 18, 2004) was a legendary Tamil bandit in India. He resided and carried out his activities in the Biligirirangan and Malai Mahadeswara Hills and Sathyamangalam and Gundiyal forests, covering 6,000 km² in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. He was wanted for killing about 124 people, including senior police and forest officials, poaching about 200 elephants, and smuggling ivory worth US$2,600,000 and sandalwood of about 10,000 tonnes worth US$22,000,000. He had a price of Rs. 50 million (Rs. 5 crore or US$1.1 million) on his head, but evaded arrest for 20 years until he was killed by police in 2004. Unofficially, it is estimated that about 2,000,000,000 rupees (200,000,000 per year) was spent over ten years by the government in order to capture him.

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January 18 - 1952 - October 18 - 2004 - Tamil - Bandit - India - Biligirirangan - Malai Mahadeswara Hills - Sathyamangalam - Gundiyal - Karnataka - Kerala - Tamil Nadu - Elephant - Smuggling - Ivory - Sandalwood - Rs. - Crore

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