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'''Boxer Vadivelu''' (died November 1999) was a [[fisherman]] and notorious gangster from Power Kuppam, [[Royapuram fishing harbour|Kasimedu]]. He started collecting extortion money from the markets at the [[Royapuram fishing harbour]]. He transported foreign liquor and goods from Kasimedu, [[Royapuram]] and [[Chennai]] harbour areas. He was involved in smuggling, contract killing and extortion.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} His gang attacked the office of the ''[[Tharasu]]'' magazine in 1991 and killed its employees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2000/02/20/stories/04202235.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030034117/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/02/20/stories/04202235.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-10-30|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Summons to 14 accused in 'Tharasu' case|date=2000-02-20|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref> He got political patronage of [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].{{vague|date=June 2019}} There was enmity between him and rival gangster [[Ayodhya Kuppam Veeramani]] after this incident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime/story/19991129-hundreds-of-prisoners-go-on-a-rampage-in-chennai-central-prison-781461-1999-11-29|title=Boxer vadivelu|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref><br />
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Vadivelu played a [[cameo appearance|cameo part]] in the 1997 crime movie ''[[Omkaram]]''.<br />
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Finally{{when|date=June 2019}} he was caught and put behind the bars.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
In November 1999 he died in [[Chennai Central Prison]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/judge-to-probe-riot-widow-moves-court/cid/909685|title=Judge To PRobe Riot, Widow Moves Court|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref> due to [[liver failure]] which resulted in a [[Madras Central Prison#1999 riots|riot inside the prison]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime/story/19991129-hundreds-of-prisoners-go-on-a-rampage-in-chennai-central-prison-781461-1999-11-29|title=Hundreds of prisoners go on a rampage in Chennai Central Prison|date=29 November 1999|first=R.|last=Jagadheesan|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsE2KwKwh0YC&dq=boxer+Vadivelu&pg=PA56|title=Talisman, Extreme Emotions of Dalit Liberation|last=Thirumaavalavan|date=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788185604688|language=en}}</ref><br />
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* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohyhsmWmelAC&dq=BOXER+Vadivelu&pg=PA209|title=Organized Crime|last=Gandhirajan|first=C. K.|date=2004|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=9788176484817|language=en}}<br />
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