Boxer Vadivelu was a

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and criminal from Power Kuppam,

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. He started by collecting extortion money from the markets at the

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. Vadivelu then transported foreign liquor and goods from Kasimedu,

Royapuram Royapuram is a locality in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for its beach, and for Royapuram Railway Station. The station is the first railway station of south India, opening in 1856, and is today ...

and

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harbours, and was also involved in smuggling, contract killing, and extortion. His gang attacked the office of the ''

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'' magazine in 1991, killing its employees. He obtained the political patronage of

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, which was followed by a rivalry between him and gangster Ayodhya Kuppam Veeramani after this incident. Vadivelu played a cameo part in the 1997 crime movie ''

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'', being arrested and sentenced to prison afterwards.

Death

In November 1999 he died in

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due to liver failure, which resulted in a

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References

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