Chennai, Feb. 26 -- The Madras High Court, has upheld the 2018 Trial Court order acquitting nine members of the dreaded Forest brigand Veerappan' gang which had smissed a State appeal preferred in 2019 against the 2018 acquittal of nine individuals who were suspected to be the members of forest brigand Veerappan's gang which had abducted Kannada matinee idol Rajkumar and three others on July 30, 2000 and held him hostage for 108 days before releasing him.
The nine accused whose acquittal was confirmed by the High Court were S. Maran alias Senguttavan alias Manivannan alias Mullaivalavan alias Kannaiyan, S. Govindaraj alias Megananthan alias Sabha alias Iniyan alias Paranjothi alias Raju, D. Andril alias Elumalai alias Paranjothi, R. Selvam...