India's most wanted bandit killed in jungle shootout

INDIA'S most wanted bandit, who had been seen by some as a Robin Hood figure, has been killed by police in a jungle gun battle while on his way to get treatment for an eye problem.

His death ended a two-decade hunt after he killed more than 100 people and kidnapped a movie star.

Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, a tall, wiry bandit in his 50s, sported a long twirling moustache and was usually clad in military camouflage. He was known as the "Jungle Cat" for his ability to move and disappear in the forests of south India that were his home for decades. Veerappan was also accused of killing thousands of elephants for their tusks and smuggling ivory and sandalwood worth millions of dollars.