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[[Kannada]] film actor [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] was abducted to forest by Indian dacoit [[Veerappan]] on | [[Kannada]] film actor [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] was abducted to forest by Indian dacoit [[Veerappan]] on 30 July 2000 during the course of an armed attack on a [[farmhouse]] belonging to the actor in [[Gajanur, Tamil Nadu|Gajanur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="thehindu_20000801">{{cite news|title=Veerappan kidnaps Rajkumar, three others|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2000/08/01/stories/01010001.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105040251/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2000/08/01/stories/01010001.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2013|first=A.|last=Jayaraman|date=1 August 2000|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Rajkumar was released by Veerappan on 15 November 2000 after spending 108 days in his custody.<ref name="bbc_20041018">{{cite news|title=Death of a legendary bandit|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2219574.stm|work=[[BBC]]|date=18 October 2004}}</ref> The kidnapping resulted in the further deterioration of already strained relations between the Indian states of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] and created a tense situation in the two states.<ref>https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2000/09/kid-s11.html</ref> | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
Kidnapping people and ransoming them for political favours was | Kidnapping people and ransoming them for political favours was a part of Veerappan's ''[[modus operandi]]''. In 1997, Veerappan kidnapped nine forest officials at Marapala in the Burude forests of Kollegala taluk and demanded an official pardon from the government in return for releasing them. However, the hostages were eventually released after 7 weeks in captivity with no concessions to Veerappan's demands. | ||
According to Rajkumar's son, [[Raghavendra Rajkumar]], the [[Special Task Force]] (STF) appointed to capture Veerappan, had warned him about the possibility of an abduction a year prior to his eventual capture.<ref name="frontline_1716">{{cite journal|title=Veerappan's prize catch|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1716/17161310.htm|volume=17|issue=16|date=5–18 August 2000|first=Ravi|last=Sharma}}</ref> But Rajkumar had ignored them<ref name="frontline_1716" /> joking that by kidnapping him, Veerappan would get nothing more than "a shirt and a [[dhoti]]".<ref name="thehindu_20000801" /> | According to Rajkumar's son, [[Raghavendra Rajkumar]], the [[Special Task Force]] (STF) appointed to capture Veerappan, had warned him about the possibility of an abduction a year prior to his eventual capture.<ref name="frontline_1716">{{cite journal|title=Veerappan's prize catch|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1716/17161310.htm|volume=17|issue=16|date=5–18 August 2000|first=Ravi|last=Sharma}}</ref> But Rajkumar had ignored them<ref name="frontline_1716" /> joking that by kidnapping him, Veerappan would get nothing more than "a shirt and a [[dhoti]]".<ref name="thehindu_20000801" /> | ||