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November 16, 2000

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Rajakumar thanks Nedumaran for release

Fakir Chand in Bangalore

Rajakumar gives all credit for his release from Veerappan's captivity to Tamil National Movement leader Pazha Nedumaran.

Speaking to the press on his arrival in Bangalore, the Kannada film icon said his release would not have been possible but for Nedumaran's intervention. But he evaded direct questions from the media on what made Veerappan release him.

According to Rajakumar, Nedumaran had sent a lady doctor named Bhanu three days before his release. The doctor told Rajakumar to pretend to be ill. "She examined my health and told Veerappan that I wouldn't be able to survive if kept for too long in the jungles. This made him change his mind and release me."

He also stated that R R Gopal, editor of the Tamil magazine Nakkeeran and long-time negotiator with Veerappan, failed in his mission and could not do much besides coming and going, "which was a hope for me but didn't bear any fruit".

Rajakumar said Veerappan was nice to him at all times except once, after another hostage Nagraj escaped. Then the bandit's men tied Rajakumar's hands and did not allow him to move around freely. "Later on, when I promised them that I would not run, Veerappan himself untied me."

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