Release Date:September 16, 2015
Language:Kannada
Genre(s):Drama
Starring
Shivaraj Kumar
Director (s)
Ram Gopal Varma to the future.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: The Additional Director-General of Police, K. Vijay Kumar, who heads the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force, is cheered by colleagues in Dharmapuri on Tuesday after the forest brigand Veerappan and three of his aides were shot dead in an operation the previous night. -- Photo: AP
DHARMAPURI, OCT. 19.
The forest brigand Veerappan and three of his key associates, who were killed in an encounter on Monday night, were lured out of their hideout by Special Task Force personnel who had finally managed to infiltrate the gang. An STF man, who had gained their confidence, drove Veerappan and his gang straight into the trap set up at Paparapatti village in Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri district.
Tamil Nadu STF chief, Additional Director General of Police, K. Vijay Kumar, said `Operation Cocoon' was the result of 10 months of planning and three weeks of meticulous preparation. But the operation lasted only 45 minutes from the time the gang got into the ambulance, which was actually an STF vehicle. Veerappan may have been on his way to get treatment for an eye ailment (cataract).
A 35-member team lay in wait at Paparapatti village. Some of the securitymen were hidden in a reinforced tanker lorry parked by the road; others had taken position atop a nearby school.