Join this treasure hunt and take home Rs 5.5 cr

MYSORE: Treasure on the run or a moving treasure? A unique effort has been made to lure villagers in the M.M. Hills region to provide valuable leads that might clinch the arrest of elusive Veerappan.
A pamphlet, printed both in Kannada and Tamil reportedly by the members of "martyrs'' families", describes Veerappan with a new sobriquet -"moving treasure".
For the uninitiated, the media and the police have already presented Veerappan with a garland of monikers: Brigand, notorious poacher, sandalwood smuggler, fugitive, bandit king, the villain of the forests. Interestingly, the pamphlet makes no direct mention of Veerappan but has a caricature of his which is embossed with the figures "Rs 5.5 crore". It says how tough it is to make money and how one could become rich overnight by helping the STF nab this "moving treasure".
The pamphlet reads: "It is tough to earn money, commit murders, dacoities or cheat somebody; one needs lots of money to start business; one may not be happy with one''s earnings; one has to live under the threat of law if one commits murder, dacoity or cheats somebody". Further, it tells villagers that "luck is on your side, nature is on your side.
Along with this, the government is also with you". "Are you a victim? If yes, get up and win this moving treasure." Listing out the crimes committed by the "moving treasure", the handbill says "this treasure" has raked in Rs 12 crore by selling tusks, earned more than Rs 100 crore by smuggling sandalwood ("forest gold"), besides rendering the wives of 20 policemen, 62 forest personnel and 80 citizens, widows.
"This ''treasure'' has also committed more than 85 murders and injured 61 persons". The police have remained mum on the origin of the pamphlet, though villagers believe it could be STF''s strategy to glean crucial details on the brigand''s whereabouts. When contacted, Chamarajanagar superintendent of police Pandurang Rane denied STF publishing such a pamphlet.
He, however, added: "Any step by the villagers to assist the STF in zeroing in on Veerappan is welcome", hinting that the pamphlet could not have been printed without the support of STF.