(IN): Veerappan ‘ghost’ strikes tuskers

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*Veerappan 'ghost' strikes tuskers*

 

The forests bordering Salem in Tamil Nadu and MM Hills in Karnataka seem to

be haunted by the ghost of their most famous resident.

 

The discovery of elephant carcasses with their tusks missing has brought

back memories of Veerappan, over three years after he was shot dead by the

Tamil Nadu special task force.

 

For, this is how the big-mouche bandit had started his long reign of terror

before he turned sandalwood smuggler.

 

Seven elephants have been found dead under mysterious circumstances in the

last month alone.

 

Tamil Nadu forest officials recently received information that a suspected

poacher named Kumbha had been arrested by their Karnataka counterparts.

 

The residents of Veerappan territory have already given him the sobriquet of

Kutti (little) Veerappan.

 

 

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