Supreme Court on Wednesday cited Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar case and extended the stay on the execution of four aides of the infamous forest brigand Veerappan "till further orders". The apex court also adjourned the matter for six weeks. ...
11:44 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday called for the abolition of death penalty. The leader issued a statement saying had the long-pending demand for the abolition of death penalty been obliged, executions happening now could have been avoided. ...
05:35 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of four aides of the infamous forest brigand Veerappan, who were on death row, till Wednesday. The four associates had approached the apex court seeking commutation of their death sentences. ...
12:09 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Four aides of the infamous forest brigand Veerappan on death row are likely to approach the Supreme Court seeking their death sentences to be commuted. The court had last weekend refused to hear an urgent plea from them. ...
08:15 AM, Feb 18, 2013
The Supreme Court has refused to admit their petition amidst speculation that they may be hanged soon. Their hanging is reportedly imminent after the rejection of their mercy plea. Human rights activist Shanthi Fonseca said, "There is no imminent danger meaning execution is not going to take place so that is enough for us. Because when the Supreme Court is saying the execution cannot take place, then they have to ...
12:20 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Uncertainty remains over the fate of four associates of infamous forest brigand Veerappan on death row after their mercy plea was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee as well as the Supreme Court. The apex court on Saturday refused to admit their petition amidst speculation that they may be hanged soon. ...
09:59 AM, Feb 17, 2013
The Supreme Court on Saturday declined to hear the review plea filed by the four associates of infamous forest brigand Veerappan against their death penalty. The SC, while rejecting the plea, said there was no proof the hanging would take place on Sunday. ...
08:44 PM, Feb 16, 2013
The four associates of infamous forest brigand Veerappan have moved the Supreme Court against death penalty. The four were sentenced to death for a landmine blast that killed 21 people in Palar, Karnataka, in 1993. Recently, President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected their mercy pleas. ...
06:39 PM, Feb 16, 2013
President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy pleas of four associates - Gnanprakasham, Simon, Meesekar Madaiah and Bilavendran - of the infamous forest brigand Veerappan. ...
05:03 PM, Feb 13, 2013
On March 30, the Karnataka High Court had ordered for Shankar Bidari's sacking while comparing him to Hitler and Gaddafi in reference to his handling of tribals in the campaign against Veerappan. ...
02:43 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Bangalore: Muthulakshmi, widow of slain forest brigand Veerappan, on Friday alleged that while searching for her husband, Karnataka Police Housing Corporation Managing Director Shankar Mahadev Bidari, who was heading the Special Task Force (STF), and his team "raped women" and "administered electric shock on their private parts". Addressing a news conference in Bangalore, she termed Bidari an "inhuman person who doesn't care about women". Explaining the "atrocities" committed by Bidari...
12:34 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Bangalore: Bangalore Former Director General and Inspector General of Police of the state, Shankar Bidari, who was removed from the post on Saturday applied for a 15-day-long leave. He will take charge as the Chairman of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation Ltd (KSPHC). Following the debacle in the legal battle for the top cop's job, Bidari was transferred to KSPHC. But Bidari, who is apparently upset over losing the police...
09:16 AM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: In a major setback for one of Karnataka's most decorated police officers Shankar Bidari, the Karnataka High Court on Friday struck down his appointment as the state DGP. In a scathing verdict, the court described Bidari as 'worse than Saddam Hussain or Muammar Gaddafi' for alleged atrocities committed by the Special Task Force led by him during the hunt to nab smuggler Veerappan. Dismissing as "without merit and...
07:05 AM, Mar 31, 2012
Chennai: Muthulakshmi, wife of slain forest brigand Veerappan, has called for a ban on the release of 'Vana Yuddham', a film under production that is based on Veerappan's life, calling it an unfair portrayal of her husband's deeds and her character. She also claimed that the Karnataka-based filmmaker attempted to portray Kannada actor Rajkumar, who was kidnapped by Veerappan in 2000 as the hero, and her husband as the villain...
03:55 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Coimbatore: Days after the notorious forest brigand Veerappan was shot dead by the Special Task Force in October 2004, a senior IAS officer in Tamil Nadu had reportedly expressed fears about the likelihood of a successor emerging, according to partial extracts of a US Cable released by WikiLeaks. The terrain is ideally suited for a Veerappan Junior, the then State Public Secretary Pitchandi was quoted as having told US Consul...
09:50 AM, Sep 16, 2011
Chennai: You may hate him, or you may love him, but there's no ignoring the slain forest brigand Veerappan, who continues to charm filmmakers many years after his death in 2004 at the hands of the state special task force (STF). Now, yet another investigative film, 'Vana Yudham' " promising to show the good, the bad and the ugly side of the bandit " is being attempted by director AMR...
04:49 PM, Aug 11, 2011
3 other associates of Veerappan were also taken into custody by the police. ...
08:22 PM, Nov 26, 2008
Veerappan's wife has objected to a TV series based on his life. ...
01:06 AM, Oct 10, 2007
