BANGALORE: India's most wanted bandit, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, was killed on Monday in a shootout with police who have for years been hunting the smuggler who killed more than 100 people and kidnapped a movie star.
The tall, wiry bandit who was in his 50s, sported a long twirling moustache and was usually clad in military camouflage was known as the Jungle Cat for his ability to move and disappear in the southern forests that were his home for decades.
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