Forest brigand Veerappan s elder brother Madhaiyan died of a cardiac arrest in Salem Government Hospital on Wednesday early morning.Madhaiyan was a life convict in a case related to the murder of a forest officer Chidambaram in 1987 and was in .
The man's family was kept in the dark on his whereabouts for four days after he was taken into custody. They were informed that he was in the hospital after having sustained injuries, which he later succumbed to.