Veerappan sends cassette

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, NOV. 17. Forest brigand, Veerappan, has sent an audio cassette to a Tamil journalist here, offering to negotiate his `surrender'.

His condition is that the special forces of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka must first withdraw from the forest.

In a seven-minute recording sent to Mr. A. S. Mani, Editor of `Netrikkan', Veerappan invited him to meet him with any confidant.

Veerappan had offered to surrender earlier but his conditions were rejected outright by the Tamil Nadu Government.

Now, he has indicated that he is ready to `negotiate' on the terms of surrender though he makes it clear that there will be `some demands'.

In the tape, he was critical of his previous journalist-friend, Mr. Nakkeeran Gopal. Mr. Mani told the media after releasing the cassette today that he had informed the Chief Minister of the message and was awaiting a response.

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