Villagers hunt for missing millions

INDIA’S most wanted bandit is dead but the hunt is on for millions of dollars many believe he left buried in plastic bags in the jungle, a police officer said today.

Dozens of villagers have been roaming the jungles where Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, 60, a poacher, smuggler and kidnapper accused of killing some 130 people, spent three decades, said DN Borkar, the director-general of police in Karnataka state.

Veerappan was killed on Monday in an ambush by a special task force of police.