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The body of former Karnataka minister Hannur Nagappa has been found, but India's most wanted bandit, Veerappan, swears that his kidnap victim of 106 days was not killed by him.

Thousands of angry supporters of former Karnataka minister Hannur Nagappa fought pitched battles with the police and prevented a state funeral being given to their leader, who was found dead in bandit, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan's forest hideout on Sunday.

India's most wanted bandit, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, could well be touching up his twirling moustache somewhere in southern India's largest forest, happy that there are more takers for his story about the causes that led to the death of Hannur Nagappa, his kidnap victim of 106 days, in just one week.

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