President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy pleas of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan’s four associates, sentenced to death in a 1993 landmine blast case who are lodged in the Hindlaga jail in Belgaum. The Supreme Court in a case had sentenced Gnanaprakash, Simon, ‘Meesai’ Madaian and Pilavendran to death by in 2004 in connection with the […]