India's bandit king died as he lived: in dense forests at the tip of a bullet.
For more than two decades, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan eluded hundreds of police officers devoted to nothing but his capture.
Wanted for the murder of 130 people and for butchering 2,000 elephants, Veerappan taunted state governments, striking defiant poses in combat fatigues with his muzzle-loading rifle and his luxuriant handlebar moustache.
And futhermore:
Policeman, officials, even rival gangs were eliminated in vicious killing sprees. Veerappan once captured a senior forest official, beheaded him and hacked off his hands. He tied grenades to five policemen and blew them up in revenge for the capture of his gang members. He is also said to have strangled his own daughter.
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I actually ran across an article that raised the "robinhood theory" about veerappan, but i dismissed it. The facts that he was in an illegal business and killed the police officers who tried to prevent him from doing it more than negates any positive things he may have done.
While i don't don't that he was liked by those he provided for, what about the 100+ families that were missing members because of veerappan and his gang?
That said, if i am going to post stuff like this on my blog i suppose that i should research it more fully. Part 2 might be coming, if i find anything more.
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