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Veerappan aide arrested

Mathi alias Krishnamurthy, an activist of the Tamil National Retrieval Troops and a member of forest brigand Veerappan's gang, was arrested from a reserved forest area Wednesday, a Special Task Force release said.

He was taken into custody by a STF team led by Inspector Arulanandam at Guttialathur forests, near Sathyamangalam in Erode district, at about 8.15 AM, the release said.

It said five live cartridges, three used cartridges, a Polaroid camera and a micro-cassette kept in a bag had been recovered from him.

A case has been registered under Arms Act against the accused at Sathyamangalam police station.

PTI

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