Veerappan Aides

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  9 Veerappan Aides Acquitted In 2000 Kidnapping Of Kannada Actor Rajkumar

  Eighteen years after late Kannada superstar Rajkumar was kidnapped by sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, his nine associates involved in the abduction were acquitted by a Tamil Nadu court today.

• Re-trial can't be ordered due to new evidence in Rajiv assassination or Veerappan aides cases: Supreme Court

  Supreme Court today made it clear that it can't order a re-trial on grounds of new evidence. Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam said, "Now it has become fancy that Investigation Officer to make statements after twenty years that he has committed a mistake. We can't reopen the trial If we encourage this it will set a bad precedent and all cases w...

• Hanging of four Veerappan associates stayed for now by Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court has said that four members of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan's gang, who have been on death row for years, cannot be hanged for at least six weeks, till their case is decided by the Chief Justice of India.

• Supreme Court to hear petitions of four Veerappan aides today

  The Supreme Court will today take up the plea of four associates of sandalwood bandit Veerappan who are on death row at the Belgaum Central Jail in Karnataka.

• DMK chief M Karunanidhi asks for death penalty to be abolished

  DMK chief M Karunanidhi has appealed for the death penalty to be abolished. Earlier this month, Afzal Guru from Kashmir was hanged for his role in 2001's deadly attack on Parliament. In November, Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab was executed for the 26/11 strikes in Mumbai in which 166 people were killed.

• Supreme Court stays execution of four Veerappan aides till Wednesday

  The Supreme Court has said that four men from Karnataka members of notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan's gang, cannot be executed for now. Here are 10 big developments in this story:

• Supreme Court stays execution of four Veerappan aides till Wednesday

  The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of four aides of Sandalwood bandit Veerappan till Wednesday. President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected their mercy petitions last week.

• Families of Veerappan's aides facing execution say trial was unfair

  A tense atmosphere prevails at Maatili village in Karnataka, home to the four associates of late sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, whose mercy petitions have been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee.

• Supreme Court refuses to hear Veerappan aides' petition urgently, says no proof their date of hanging fixed

  The Supreme Court has refused urgent hearing on the plea of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan seeking stay of execution of their death penalty reportedly fixed for Sunday, saying there was no proof about it.