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Veerappan
Koose Munisamy Veerappan (18 January 1952 – 18 October 2004) was an Indian poacher, smuggler, domestic terrorist and bandit who was active for 36 years, and kidnapped major politicians for ransom. He was charged with sandalwood smuggling and poaching of elephants in the scrub lands and forests in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. He was wanted for killing around 184 people, about half of whom were police officers and forest officials. He was also responsible for poaching approximately 500 of the 2,000 elephants killed in the peninsular region where he was active and for smug
assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
1991 assassination of the 6th Prime Minister of India
1998 Coimbatore bombings
Bombings in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Vachathi case
1992 mass crime in India
Violence against women in Tamil Nadu
Public health issue of violent acts against women
2000 Dharmapuri bus burning
Bus burned by AIADMK cadres killing three people