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Despite the fact that Karnataka government has asked for remote sensing devices to track down Veerappan, the DRDO officials feel it will be of little use.

“Remote sensing does not provide accurate information on human location and movement in deep forests. The satellite cannot focus on one area all 24 hours.”.

The United States intelligence used remote sensing devices to gather information on the location of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan without success. Similarly, during the Gulf War, the US could not obtain vital information on Iraq’s military arsenal.

The Indian Remote Sensing satellite also does not have a high-resolution camera to provide accurate land details and information about the human movement.

“However, aircraft and chopper surveillance can help where remote sensing cannot”, says the DRDO official.

Zeroing in on Veerappan

According to an Internal security official who recently returned from the region, Veerappan is within a radius of 25-30 kms in Chamrajnagar.

Chamrajnagar is a border town between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu from where Veerappan abducted Nagappa on August 25.

The official says no action has yet been initiated against Veerappan, after he issued a threat to behead Nagappa if a combing operation is launched.

“We are waiting for the right time to strike. It depend how the events take shape… The security forces are maintaining a general surveillance to ensure Veerappan doesn’t escape deeper into the forest. We can strike any time, pre-or-post hostage release stage”.