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Gopal to enter forest on Monday or Tuesday: Karunanidhi

Heavy rain is delaying the entry of journalist-emissary R R Gopal into the forests to meet forest brigand Veerappan, but he is expected to do so on Monday or Tuesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said on Monday.

Talking to mediapersons at the secretariat in Madras, he said the government could think of other steps to meet the situation only after Gopal's return from his mission.

Asked if the fact that the emissary could not establish contact with the bandit, who has been holding Kannada filmstar Dr Rajakumar and three others hostage since July 30, was a setback, Karunanidhi said, "The only setback is that it is raining heavily. My information is that he will enter the jungles on Monday or Tuesday," he added.

Gopal, editor of Tamil biweekly Nakkheeran, had set out on the night of September 20 on his fourth mission to the forests since the kidnap crisis broke out.

This time, he has been sent by the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments to explain to Veerappan the delay arising out of the proceedings in the Supreme Court against the governments' actions to comply with his various demands, especially the release of prisoners in the two states.

PTI

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