Koose Munisamy Veerappan , private poacher in India Born 1952-01-18 dead 2004-10-18 . Koose Munisamy Veerappan was an Indian bandit turned domestic terrorist 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. Veerappan began his criminal career by assisting his uncle Saalvai Gounder, a notorious poacher and sandalwood smuggler.[17] Veerappan initially worked as a sandalwood and Ivory smuggler, killing elephants for their Tusks. [18] He later broke away from his uncle. Over the next 25 years, Veerappan (and other poachers together) killed 2,000 to 3,000 elephants. On 18 October 2004, Veerappan and three of his associates were killed by the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force and N. K. Senthamarai Kannan under the leadership of K Vijayakumar
