Slain forest brigand Veerappan's elder brother Mathaiyan, undergoing life imprisonment in the central jail here, was today admitted to a government hospital after he developed breathlessness, police said.
Mathaiyan, 71, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in November, 1997 for murdering a forest official in Sathyamangalam 25 years ago.
He had been lodged in the Central Prison here.
Veerappan was a notorious poacher and sandalwood smuggler.
The brigand, who faced a number murder and sandalwood smuggling cases, was active for nearly 30 years in the forests of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala before being shot dead in an encounter by the Special Task Force in October 2004.
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