Mysore: Forest brigand Veerappan who is holding Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader H Nagappa hostage for the last 71 days has sent the fourth cassette to the Karnataka government, family sources of the former minister said.

The cassette has been sent to Home Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, they said.

The sources however said that they were not aware of the contents of the cassette.

PTI