Veerappan
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Koose Munisamy Veerappan (18 January 1952 – 18 October 2004) 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 around 184 people, about half of whom were police officers and forest officials. He was also responsible for poaching approximately 500 of the 2,000 elephants killed in the peninsular region where he was active and for smug
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Key facts
- Criminal.name
- Veerappan
- Criminal.image
- Veerappan, Chasing the Brigand (Book, 2017) 01 (cropped).jpg
- Criminal.image_caption
- Veerappan's portrait on the book Chasing the Brigand
- Criminal.birth_name
- Koose Munusamy Veerappan
- Criminal.birth_place
- Gopinatham, Kollegal Taluk, Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka
- Criminal.death_place
- Papparapatti, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India
- Criminal.death_cause
- Ballistic trauma
- Criminal.resting_place
- Moolakadu, Tamil Nadu, India
- Criminal.children
- 2
- Criminal.capture_status
- Deceased
- Criminal.escaped
- 1986
- Criminal.escape_end
- 2004
- Criminal.comments
- spent to capture
- Criminal.beginyear
- 1962
- Criminal.endyear
- 2002
- Criminal.country
- India
- Criminal.states
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of death
- Papparapatti
- Occupation
- criminal
- Image
- Koose Munisamy Veerappan 06.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1952-01-18
- date of death
- 2004-10-18
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- birth name
- Koose Muniswamy Veerappan
- name in native language
- கூசு முனிசாமி வீரப்பன்
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- Veerappan
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Personal life
- Criminal history
- Palar blast
- Special Task Force
- Kidnapping of Rajkumar
- Kidnapping of Nagappa
- Ransom demands
- Death
- Timeline
- Legacy
- In media
- Film and television
- Books
- See also
- References
- External links
Koose Munisamy Veerappan (18 January 1952 – 18 October 2004) 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 around 184 people, about half of whom were police officers and forest officials. He was also responsible for poaching approximately 500 of the 2,000 elephants killed in the peninsular region where he was active and for smuggling ivory worth US$2.6 million (₹16 crore) and about 65 tons of sandalwood worth approximately US$22 million (₹143 crore).
The battle to capture Veerappan cost the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over ₹100 crore.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Veerappan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.