sentences:  He shot to national fame in the 1990s when he took interviews with the then exclusive sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, who was hiding in the forests on the Tamil Nadu – Karnataka border, hoodwinking the police of the two states.He completed his school education at Municipal School of Aruppukkottai and SBK Higher Secondary School.After clearing pre-university course at Devanga Arts College, he graduated as Bachelor of Commerce from Saiva Bhanu Kshatriya College in 1977.