This guy has quite a resume, now kidnapping a movie star ?
India city crippled after movie star's kidnapping
Tuesday, 1 August 2000 5:36 (ET)
India city crippled after movie star's kidnapping
BANGALORE, India, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The information technology hub of India
was crippled for second day Tuesday as police ordered prohibitory orders
fearing violence after a regional movie star was kidnapped by a bandit.
More than 500 Indian troops encircled several hideouts in the jungle where
the bandit Veerappan was believed to be hiding with his hostages -- movie
star Raj Kumar and two others.
Officials said they were trying to establish contact with Veerappan as
desired by the bandit in an audiotape that he had sent through the actor's
wife, who was released within hours of kidnapping on Sunday night.
R. Gopal, an editor of Nakeeran magazine, was to act as the government
emissary to meet the bandit to secure the release of the hostages. Gopal has
mediated with Veerappan previously.
Schools and colleges in Bangalore remained closed and most shops did not
open Tuesday. On Monday, irate residents of this city blocked roads and
burned tires and threw stones at passing vehicles. One man was stabbed to
death by rioters Monday night.
Kumar is noted for his work in more than 225 films in which he has acted
over five decades. He has also won the country's highest cinematic award.
Veerappan has evaded the law, special commando troops armed with
everything from helicopters to night-vision devices for nearly 30 years. He
has allegedly killed 120 people, poached 2,000 elephants and collected
40,000 kilograms of ivory and sandalwood worth millions of dollars.
India city crippled after movie star's kidnapping
Tuesday, 1 August 2000 5:36 (ET)
India city crippled after movie star's kidnapping
BANGALORE, India, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The information technology hub of India
was crippled for second day Tuesday as police ordered prohibitory orders
fearing violence after a regional movie star was kidnapped by a bandit.
More than 500 Indian troops encircled several hideouts in the jungle where
the bandit Veerappan was believed to be hiding with his hostages -- movie
star Raj Kumar and two others.
Officials said they were trying to establish contact with Veerappan as
desired by the bandit in an audiotape that he had sent through the actor's
wife, who was released within hours of kidnapping on Sunday night.
R. Gopal, an editor of Nakeeran magazine, was to act as the government
emissary to meet the bandit to secure the release of the hostages. Gopal has
mediated with Veerappan previously.
Schools and colleges in Bangalore remained closed and most shops did not
open Tuesday. On Monday, irate residents of this city blocked roads and
burned tires and threw stones at passing vehicles. One man was stabbed to
death by rioters Monday night.
Kumar is noted for his work in more than 225 films in which he has acted
over five decades. He has also won the country's highest cinematic award.
Veerappan has evaded the law, special commando troops armed with
everything from helicopters to night-vision devices for nearly 30 years. He
has allegedly killed 120 people, poached 2,000 elephants and collected
40,000 kilograms of ivory and sandalwood worth millions of dollars.