'We hope one of these days we will get a message that can make us feel very relieved,' Krishna said.
The encounter occured on Friday night on the Karnataka, Tamil Nadu border.
After gunning down sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, the Special Task Force has decided against returning to M M Hills in Karnataka to unearth arms, ammunition and money hidden by the brigand, a top STF official said in Bangalore on Wednesday.
There was a need to find out who provided the bandit political and financial support that helped him to survive for more than 20 years, Chief Minister Dharam Singh said.
The sixth cassette sent by forest brigand Veerappan says he has abandoned former minister H Nagappa, whom he had abducted on August 25.
The wife of slain forest brigand Veerappan was on Friday questioned by a court in Gobicheetipalayam in the district during the trial in a case relating to the kidnapping of Kannada thespian Rajkumar in 2000.
Legal experts say that the Supreme Court cannot overturn the decision of the President. It can only suggest the government on the manner in which death sentences need to be dealt with. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Widow of forest brigand Veerappan has pleaded that the four associates of her husband, who are on a death row in a landmine blast case, be spared from execution.
A Division Bench of Justice Y K Sabharwal and Justice B N Agrawal dismissed the convicts' appeals against the special TADA court's order.
Based on clues provided by Alexander Raja, one of the three arrested by the Tamil Nadu STF on Monday, Mudalemutthu, Amul Raj and Sagairaja were held.
As security around the Hindalaga Central Prison in Belgaum, Karnataka has been tightened, rumours are abuzz that the four associates of forest brigand Veerappan may be hanged on Sunday.
Actor Kishore talk sabout his new film Attahasa.
The Supreme Court will on Wednesday take up the plea of four associates of sandalwood bandit Veerappan who are on death row at the Belgaum Central Jail in Karnataka.
Hanging of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan has been further delayed with the Supreme Court on Wednesday extending its interim order staying the execution of death sentence imposed on them for killing 22 police personnel in a landmine blast in Karnataka in 1993.
The Chennai High Court cleared the film for screening both in Kannada and Tamil.
A court in Erode has acquitted the widow of slain forest brigand Veerappan along with 10 accused while sentencing 13 others to one-year rigorous imprisonment in the sensational kidnap of late Kannada thespian Rajkumar in 2000.
The Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for the screening of Tamil film Vanayuddham based on the life of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan after the producers agreed to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to his wife.
The Madras high court on Wednesday ordered issue of notice to Muthulakshmi, wife of slain forest brigand Veerappan, and directed her to provide details of the scenes in a film, which showed her husband in bad taste.
The state government will also institute a judicial inquiry into the killing of JD-U leader H Nagappa.
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The Supreme Court on Monday stayed till further orders the execution of death sentence of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, who were awarded capital punishment in 2004 for a landmine blast in Karnataka that left 22 police personnel dead. The bench posted the matter for Wednesday.
He had vowed to shave off his head the day he killed the notorious forest brigand Veerappan. On October 18, 2004, when he appeared before the media and announced the death of the dreaded sandalwood smuggler, he became a hero in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.Today, K Vijay Kumar is the Director General of the elite Central Reserve Police Force, which faces the task of combating the Naxal menace.
Under the instructions of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the CBI had probed the disappearance of tigers from Sariska, which revealed that Chand was the man primarily responsible.\n
Rajkumar said that the security forces should not rest on their achievement, instead should go all out to capture other bandits like Veerappan still operating in the area.
"Chief Minister S M Krishna, who is in Delhi, spoke to his Tamil Nadu counterpart, Jayalalithaa, and both decided to launch operations immediately," Kharge said.
The assistance could also include the dispatch of the elite National Security Guards and Air Force choppers.
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