Today morning when I was tracing my routine path to light switch with eyes half closed, I caught a glimpse of the news paper front page. Next moment my eyes were wide open and I was staring at the headline. .
Veerappan was India's one of the most wanted man. He was responsible for many murders and kidnappings. For almost two decades he terrorized the forest area on Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala borders. But the end was almost anti-climatic. According to special task force (STF) men, Veerappan was going out of the forest in a vehicle, they were waiting for him and they shot him. He came, We saw, We killed him. So much for the untracable jungle king Veerappan!
Most of the people, including me, are skeptical about all this. In the end it sounds too easy to be true. My version of the (imagined) story is like this: Veerappan, for some reason (maybe health issues) wanted to surrender to the police. He kept his promise this time and surrendered. STF guys had strict orders from politicians who were involved in protecting him. STF guys called these politicians and told them about the surrender. Politicians got cold feet hearing this news. They were worried that he might reveal the details of the deals they had with him. They order STF guys to shoot him and SFT guys obey their orders.
Another version is: Veerappan knows that there is no way out for him. He cant surrender because politicians would stage an encounter and kill him. And he is not growing younger as the time passes. He spots a man with similar looks. Only problem is that man doesnt have his famous handlebar moustache. Doesnt matter. He sends that man out of the forest for some reason and SFT guys mistake him for the notorious bandit.
Choose your version.
Yours Sinerely,
