Veerappan

Veerappan

AKA Koose Muniswamy Veerappan Gounder
Born: 18-Jan-1952
Birthplace: Gopinatham, Karnataka, India
Died: 18-Oct-2004
Location of death: Paparapatti, Tamil Nadu, India
Cause of death: Justifiable Homicide
Remains: Buried, Moolakadu, Tamil Nadu, India
Gender: Male
Religion: Hindu
Race or Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Criminal
Nationality: India
Executive summary: India's greatest Sandalwood smuggler
Sandalwood smuggler, elephant poacher, and kidnapping brigand of the Indian forests.
Father: Koose Muniswamy
Brother: Arjunan (d. 1995)
Wife: Muthulakshmi
Daughter: Vidhyarani
Daughter: Prabha ("Vijayalakshmi", b. 1992)
Daughter: (b. Jul-1993, strangled at birth)

He resided and carried out his activities in the Biligirirangana Betta and Male Mahadeshwara Betta (Hills) and Sathyamangalam and Gundiyal forests, covering 6,000 km² in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. He challenged three state governments and the paramilitary force of Indian Border security. He once had a mini army with hundreds of armed members in his gang. He was wanted for killing about 184 people,[1] 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.[2]