Veerappan, a notorious Tamil bandit with a truly impressive handlebar moustache, has finally been found and shot dead by police (thanks, Ennis). Veerappan was the Indian D.B. Cooper, an elusive fugitive whose freedom haunted law enforcement for years. His fame ranked with that of Indian-Vietnamese serial killer Charles Sobhraj.
Veerappan, a Tamil, was accused of more than 100 murders – as well as kidnapping, smuggling and poaching – and had been on the run for 20 years…He was involved in the kidnapping two years ago of former state minister of Karnataka, H Nagappa, who was found dead after three months in captivity. He was also involved in the kidnapping for a famous film star, Rajkumar, four years ago. The film star was released after 108 days of captivity, allegedly for a huge ransom.
The Acorn has more:
India’s very own October surprise: Towards the fag end of his career, Veerappan did try to diversify into the new business model — terrorism — but couldn’t quite find the right sponsors in time… it is still good to see him sent off the field by a bullet paid for by the Indian tax-payer. For a time it looked like nature would claim him first.
That’s one hell of a mustache.
Can’t wait to see hords of rich, privileged, white anti-globo protestor kids sporting Veerappan T-shirts next to their signature Che ones.
Seriously, I always thought that damn moustache could have been spotted from space. Pretty amazing that he was not caught for such a long time.
I thought he was pretty cool (murders and other crimes aside). Thought he was fairly unattractive as well and never understood why the women in the villages surrounding the forests he frequented had the hots for him.
That’s a totally unfair comparison Vinod. Che never slaughtered Elephants.
Vinod
Hmmm…I wonder if there’s niche market for selling tshirts like that to poor, underpriviledged, non-white anti-globo protestors?
that IS one hell of a muzzie! 🙂