CHENNAI, Aug 4: Forest brigand Veerappan, who had kidnapped nine Karnataka forest personnel demanding general amnesty in exchange of their release, is presently keeping them in a ``dangerous place.''This was revealed in an audio cassette sent from the forest by R R Gopal, government emissary and Editor of Tamil Newsmagazine Nakkeeran, who is on his second mission to meet Veerappan in his hide-out and secure the release of the nine hostages.Gopal has sent the audio cassette to Kamaraj, Associate Editor of the magazine and the contents of the cassette were released to the Press this evening. Gopal has said in the cassette that Veerappan had shifted the hostages to 16 places after kidnapping them.According to Kamaraj, going by Gopal's statement that it would take 15 hours to reach Veerappan's hide out, Gopal would now be holding talks with Veerappan as the cassette was recorded in the forest on August two.In the audio cassette, Gopal has directed Kamaraj to inform the Tamil Nadu Government that Karnataka Task Force personnel were still present in the jungles, and that they should be directed not to follow or enter the forest until he returned to the `mainland.'A copy of the cassette has been handed over to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi , Kamraj informed and added that the Chief Minister has conveyed this to his Karnataka counterpart.
