Tamil Nadu Director General of Police A Ravindranath on Thursday rejected thereported 'surrender offer' by sandalwood smuggler Veerappan.
"There is no need to accept the surrender offer of a forestbrigand," he said.
"No negotiations with a forest brigand. We will nab him,"Ravindranath asserted, but refused to specify a time frame.
He added that the police did not require the mediation of Tamil NationalMovement leader P. Nedumaran to resolve the Veerappan issue.
Nedumaran had on Thursday demanded that the Special Task Force suspendoperations against Veerappan and accept his surrender offer. He had also offeredto mediate with the fugitive smuggler.
He had said that he was willing to go to the forest and negotiate withVeerappan if both governments agree, . He was also quite confident of convincingVeerappan to surrender.
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"Both governments should take a positive decision first. I request bothgovernments and also the Indian Government to consider my proposal seriously.They should first come forward and give general amnesty to him. Then, I can tryto convince Veerappan to surrender," he said. (PTI)
