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Veerappan of Kerala dies of kidney failure
Forest officials said Imbali Jose was suffering from kidney failure apart from a few other ailments.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two days after poacher Imbali Jose hit the headlines as the 'new Veerappan' comes the news that he is dead.
Forest officials said Jose was suffering from kidney failure apart from a few other ailments. He was cremated on Thursday at his village, Pulpally, in Waynad district of Kerala.
Jose, 45, was wanted in over 20 cases of poaching in Kerala and several cases in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
In 1996, he was arrested for shooting a tiger in the Karnataka forests, but managed to give police the slip.
Chief conservator of forests (wildlife) V Gopinathan said, "His was one of the many gangs operating in the forests." Gopinathan said over 30 gangs of poachers operating on the Kerala-Karnataka border had lost steam during the past two years after Dhanesh Kumar, a young forest ranger in Waynad, waged a war against them.
But the problem is that these criminals disappear into the forests of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. "Almost all of them have mastered the languages of these states, so they can get away with threats and extortion," he said.
Jose hailed from a settlers' family in Pulpally, bordering Karnataka. He started poaching wild animals two decades ago. The forest officer in Waynad said, "For some time, he had been ill and was not very active." One of the locals said Jose was active politically and had campaigned for a local leader during assembly polls.
Forest officials said Jose was suffering from kidney failure apart from a few other ailments. He was cremated on Thursday at his village, Pulpally, in Waynad district of Kerala.
Jose, 45, was wanted in over 20 cases of poaching in Kerala and several cases in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Chief conservator of forests (wildlife) V Gopinathan said, "His was one of the many gangs operating in the forests." Gopinathan said over 30 gangs of poachers operating on the Kerala-Karnataka border had lost steam during the past two years after Dhanesh Kumar, a young forest ranger in Waynad, waged a war against them.
But the problem is that these criminals disappear into the forests of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. "Almost all of them have mastered the languages of these states, so they can get away with threats and extortion," he said.
Jose hailed from a settlers' family in Pulpally, bordering Karnataka. He started poaching wild animals two decades ago. The forest officer in Waynad said, "For some time, he had been ill and was not very active." One of the locals said Jose was active politically and had campaigned for a local leader during assembly polls.
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