Investigative Journalist Sunaad Raghuram`S Meticulously Researched Biographical Account Of Veerappan Follows His Career From Small-Time Poacher To The Most Wanted Man In India. By 1990S, Veerappan`S Gang Of Sandalwood Smugglers And Ivory Poachers Had Become Such A Menace In The Forests Of Karnataka That The State Government Constituted A Special Task Force To Capture Him. Veerappan Then Turned To An Easier Way Of Making Money Kidnapping Wealthy, Influential Men For Ranson. The Police Were Woefully Inept At Second-Guessing His Moves, And Even When They Had An Opportunity To Nab Him, They Were Thwarted By Lack Of Political Will And Rivalry Between Tamil Nadu. And Karnataka -Veerappan`S Are Of Operation.